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1614
Aug 28
| 1614 • Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio (Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms), outlining his discovery of logarithms and incorporating the decimal mark. Astronomer Johannes Kepler soon begins to employ logarithms in his description of the solar system. |
1640
Age: 25y
marriageMaritje Ariens 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1640 • The English Long Parliament is summoned. |
1646
Age: 31y
birth of childMaritje Pieterse Quackenbosch 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1646 • First English Civil War – The Battle of Great Torrington, Devon, the last major battle of the conflict, is fought. |
1653
Age: 38y
| 1653 • Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile. |
1686
Jan 4
Age: 71y
| 1686 • The Municipality of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines. |