Template:On This Day/February 17

From Gnomon Chronicles
  • 1600: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake.

    1600: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake.

  • 1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley engages and sinks the Union warship USS Housatonic. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.

    1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley engages and sinks the Union warship USS Housatonic. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.

  • 1891: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel born. He will contribute to axiomatic set theory, and publish a biography of Georg Cantor.

    1891: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel born. He will contribute to axiomatic set theory, and publish a biography of Georg Cantor.

  • 2009: The Dawn space probe makes its closest approach to Mars during a successful gravity assist toward Vesta. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2009: The Dawn space probe makes its closest approach to Mars during a successful gravity assist toward Vesta. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

  • 2012: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.

    2012: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.

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