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Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, known for french mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, was born on 1623-06-19.

Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, known for french mathematician, physicist, and philosopher, was born on 1623-06-19. Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal was a child prodigy who was educated by his father Étienne Pascal, a tax collector in Rouen.

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Blaise Pascal is French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.

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Blaise Pascal

mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher

Events Before

  1. Papal Chancery adopts January 1 as the beginning of the year (previously March 25)

    Papal Chancery adopts January 1 as the beginning of the year (previously March 25)

  2. First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed

    First American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans around Jamestown, Virginia, 347 killed

  3. Pope Gregory XV forms Congregatio the Propagande Fide

    The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (CEP; Latin: Congregatio pro Gentium Evangelizatione) was a congregation of the Roman Curia of the Catholic Church in Rome, responsible for...

  4. Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg

    Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg

  5. English East India Company forces capture the Portuguese fort on the island of Hormus in the Persian Gulf, an important

    English East India Company forces capture the Portuguese fort on the island of Hormus in the Persian Gulf, an important trading center on the route to Mughal India

Events After

  1. The first submarine is publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I

    The first submarine is publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I

  2. Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.

    Sir Thomas Warner founds the first English colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.

  3. England declares war on Spain

    England declares war on Spain

  4. Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama

    Spanish silver fleet sails to Panama

  5. Dutch Nassau fleet reaches port of Callao in Peru intending to ransack the annual Spanish silver ship convoy, misses the

    Dutch Nassau fleet reaches port of Callao in Peru intending to ransack the annual Spanish silver ship convoy, misses them by five days [1]

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