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1675May, 29

Humphry Ditton

Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1715)
Humphry Ditton (29 May 1675 – 15 October 1715) was an English mathematician. He was the author of several influential works.

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Events on 1675

  • 4May

    Royal Greenwich Observatory

    King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.
  • 11Aug

    Battle of Konzer Brücke

    Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
  • 2Nov

    King Philip's War

    Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
  • 11Nov

    Integral calculus

    Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).