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11 Nov 1675
Gottfried Leibniz |
Gottfried Leibniz (mathematics) German polymath Gottfried Leibniz uses infinitesimal calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of the function y=f(x). |
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11 Nov 1675
Thomas Willis |
death Thomas Willis Thomas Willis, English physician (born 1621) |
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11 Nov 1688
Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie |
death Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (born 1626) |
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11 Nov 1729
Louis Antoine de Bougainville |
birth Louis Antoine de Bougainville Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (died 1811) |
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11 Nov 1743
Carl Peter Thunberg |
birth Carl Peter Thunberg Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish botanist (died 1828) |
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11 Nov 1847
Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach |
death Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach, German plastic surgeon (born 1792) |
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11 Nov 1884
Alfred Brehm |
death Alfred Brehm Alfred Brehm (born 1829), German zoologist. |
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11 Nov 1886
Heinrich Hertz |
Heinrich Hertz (physics) Heinrich Hertz verifies at the University of Karlsruhe the existence of electromagnetic waves. |
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11 Nov 1904
J. H. C. Whitehead |
birth J. H. C. Whitehead J. H. C. Whitehead (died 1960), British mathematician. |
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11 Nov 1912
William Lawrence Bragg |
William Lawrence Bragg (physics) William Lawrence Bragg presents his derivation of Bragg's law for the angles for coherent and incoherent scattering from a crystal lattice. |
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11 Nov 1935
Magdi Yacoub |
birth Magdi Yacoub Magdi Yacoub, Egyptian-born cardiothoracic surgeon. |
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11 Nov 1939
Alf Adams |
birth Alf Adams Alf Adams, English physicist. |
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11 Nov 1956
Convair B-58 |
Convair B-58 (technology) First flight of Convair B-58, the first supersonic jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight, designed by Robert H. Widmer. |
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11 Nov 1965
Ronald Hatton |
death Ronald Hatton Ronald Hatton (died 1886), English pomologist. |
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11 Nov 1999
Vivian Fuchs |
death Vivian Fuchs Vivian Fuchs (b. 1908), English geologist and explorer. |
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