Today in Mathematician History
Sub-Topics: Ada Lovelace - Benjamin Banneker - Blaise Pascal - Carl Friedrich Gauss
Historical Events
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1654-11-23 - French mathematician, scientist, and religious philosopher Blaise Pascal experiences an intense, mystical vision that marks him for life.
1993-06-21 - English mathematician Andrew Wiles proves last theorem of Fermat
Famous Birthdays
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0973-09-15 - Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048)
1048-05-18 - Omar Khayyám, Persian mathematician, poet and philosopher (d. 1131)
1423-05-30 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)
1452-12-10 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
1468-02-14 - Johann Werner, German mathematician (d. 1522)
1473-02-19 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
1494-12-20 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1495-04-16 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (d. 1557)
1501-09-24 - Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)
1511-11-22 - Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician (calculated planetary table)
1522-02-02 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)
1527-07-13 - John Dee, London, alchemist/astrologer/mathematician
1529-04-03 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1581)
1539-03-25 - Christopher Clavius, German mathematician (d. 1612)
1540-01-28 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1550-09-30 - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1552-02-28 - Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
1552-04-15 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1626)
1553-06-05 - Bernardino Baldi, Italian mathematician (d. 1617)
1561-01-06 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician (d. 1656)
1561-08-29 - Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
1561-09-29 - Roomen, mathematician
1563-10-17 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish mathematician/cartographer
1567-01-04 - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/mathematician/jesuit/architect
1571-12-09 - Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1572-04-14 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
1574-03-05 - William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1577-06-12 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (d. 1643)
1581-10-09 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/theologist
1585-11-01 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (d. 1652)
1588-09-08 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)
1589-02-07 - Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/mathematician
1591-06-16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
1597-03-01 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Belgian mathematician (d. 1652)
1601-08-17 - Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20]
1602-03-18 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (d. 1679)
1602-08-10 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
1605-09-28 - Boulliau, mathematician
1608-01-28 - Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1608-02-05 - Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666)
1610-03-01 - John Pell, English mathematician (d. 1685)
1612-06-23 - André Tacquet, Belgian mathematician (d. 1660)
1616-10-20 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
1616-11-23 - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)
1618-04-02 - Francesco M Grimaldi, mathematician/physicist (light defraction)
1619-12-17 - Ruprecht, prince of Palts/admiral/chemist/engraver/mathematician
1622-04-05 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician (d. 1703)
1623-06-19 - Blaise Pascal, mathematician/physicist/religious writer (Pascal)
1625-08-13 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1628-04-23 - Johann van Waveren Hudde, Dutch mathematician (d. 1704)
1640-03-18 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
1640-04-01 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (d. 1697)
1640-06-15 - Bernard Lamy, French mathematician (d. 1715)
1643-01-04 - Isaac Newton, Grantham England, physicist, mathematician and astronomer ("Whatever goes up must come down") [NS]
1646-06-05 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (d. 1684)
1646-07-01 - G W Leibniz, German mathematician/philosopher; postulated monads
1651-04-10 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1652-04-21 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (d. 1719)
1653-03-25 - Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician
1654-12-27 - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician
1655-01-06 - Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1655-09-19 - Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1665-01-12 - Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer/mathematician
1666-09-16 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
1667-05-26 - Abraham De Moivre, French mathematician (De Moivre's theorem)
1667-07-27 - Jean Bernoulli, mathematician
1667-09-05 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (d. 1733)
1667-12-09 - William Whiston, English mathematician (d. 1752)
1671-07-14 - Jacques D'Allonville, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1732)
1671-10-01 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (d. 1742)
1671-12-01 - Keill, mathematician
1675-05-29 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
1676-05-28 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (d. 1754)
1682-04-16 - John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope)
1682-07-10 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716)
1685-08-18 - Brook Taylor, England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem
1687-10-14 - Robert Simson, Scotland, mathematician
1687-10-21 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1759)
1688-11-15 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (d. 1757)
1690-03-18 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician (Goldbach position)
1692-04-22 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (d. 1770)
1695-02-06 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1726)
1698-02-16 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer)
1698-09-28 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
1700-01-29 - Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
1701-01-28 - Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1701-05-14 - William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
1703-10-28 - Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (d. 1768)
1704-07-31 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer)
1704-10-09 - Ján Andrej Segner, Slovak and German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
1707-04-15 - Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
1710-06-10 - James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
1710-08-20 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson)
1712-08-24 - Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer
1713-05-03 - Alexis Clairault, French mathematician (d. 1765)
1713-09-14 - Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781)
1714-11-25 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1717-11-16 - Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician
1718-05-16 - Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799)
1719-01-23 - John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)
Famous Deaths
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0485-04-17 - Proclus, Greek mathematician, dies in Athens [or Apr 14]
0901-02-18 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)
1123-12-04 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1429-06-22 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1461-04-08 - Georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
1464-08-17 - Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies
1505-10-21 - Paul Scriptoris, German mathematician
1531-02-16 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1452)
1553-02-19 - Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41
1555-08-08 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
1557-04-21 - Petrus Apianus, German mathematician (b. 1495)
1557-12-13 - Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
1559-03-30 - Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
1564-10-18 - Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (b. 1520)
1565-10-05 - Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (b. 1522)
1567-04-19 - Michael Stifel, German theologist/mathematician, dies at about 79
1576-09-21 - Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, dies at 74
1576-12-04 - Rheticus, mathematician, dies
1578-08-11 - Pedro Nunes, [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1581-10-23 - Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
1603-12-13 - Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63
1603-12-13 - François Viète, French mathematician (b. 1540)
1610-12-31 - Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (b. 1540)
1612-02-17 - Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartoonist/mathematician, dies at 48
1615-05-04 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
1617-03-20 - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
1617-04-04 - John Napier, Scottish mathematician/inventor (logarithms), dies
1626-02-11 - Pietro Cataldi, Italian mathematician (b. 1552)
1626-04-11 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
1626-10-30 - Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35
1626-10-30 - Willebrord Snellius, astronomer/mathematician, dies at about 46
1626-12-10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (b. 1581)
1630-01-26 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
1631-10-20 - Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1550)
1632-01-31 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
1632-05-25 - Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1572)
1635-09-06 - Adrian A Metius, mathematician/fort architect, dies at 63
1637-09-14 - Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies
1638-02-28 - Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1643-11-03 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
1648-09-01 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (Number of Mersenne), dies at 59
1652-10-08 - John Greaves, English mathematician (b. 1602)
1652-11-04 - Jean-Charles de la Faille, Flemish mathematician (b. 1597)
1652-11-21 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
1655-10-16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)
1656-04-24 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
1660-05-29 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
1660-06-30 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (b. 1575)
1660-12-22 - André Tacquet, Flemish mathematician (b. 1612)
1662-08-19 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1663-12-28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
1665-01-12 - Pierre de Fermat, Fr lawyer/mathematician (principle of F), dies at 63
1665-01-21 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
1667-09-28 - Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71
1675-10-27 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1677-05-04 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
1679-01-14 - Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1679-11-30 - Pieter van Schooten, Dutch mathematician/fort architect, dies at 45
1680-12-04 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1682-11-29 - Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1684-07-26 - Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian mathematician (b. 1646)
1685-12-12 - John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)
1689-01-06 - Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
1694-09-28 - Mouton, mathematician, dies
1697-01-26 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
1698-11-04 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician and mathematician (b. 1625)
1703-09-22 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622)
1703-10-28 - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (wig of W), dies
1704-02-02 - Guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62
1705-08-16 - Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician, dies at 50
1708-10-11 - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
1708-10-24 - Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
1715-10-15 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
1716-06-05 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (b. 1682)
1716-09-26 - Antoine Parent, French mathematician (b. 1666)
1717-04-03 - Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)
1719-04-21 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and historian (b. 1640)
1719-11-08 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
1722-12-23 - Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
1726-07-31 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
1731-12-29 - J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1735-02-27 - John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies
1737-02-03 - Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)
1737-12-29 - Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1739-04-19 - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
1742-07-04 - Guido Grandi, Italian mathematician (b. 1671)
1748-01-01 - Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1667)
1749-07-03 - William Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)
1749-09-10 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
1750-12-01 - Doppelmayr, mathematician
1752-01-04 - Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (paradox of Cramer), dies at 47
1752-08-22 - William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)
1754-04-15 - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
1754-11-27 - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
1757-01-09 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician (b. 1688)
1758-08-15 - Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (fotometrie), dies at 60
1759-11-29 - Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1687)
1761-04-17 - Thomas Bayes, English mathematician
1761-05-14 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
1764-11-20 - Christian Goldbach, German mathematician, dies
