Portal:History of science/Selected anniversaries/March 23

March 23:

 * 1606 - Death of Justus Lipsius, Flemish humanist (b. 1547)


 * 1638 - Birth of Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (d. 1731)


 * 1749 - Birth of Pierre Simon de Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827)


 * 1754 - Birth of Baron Jurij Vega, Slovenian mathematician, physicist, and artillery officer (d. 1802)


 * 1769 - Birth of William Smith, English geologist and cartographer (d. 1839)


 * 1881 - Birth of Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)


 * 1882 - Birth of Emmy Noether, German mathematician (d. 1935)


 * 1903 - The Wright Brothers apply for a patent on their invention of one of the first successful airplanes


 * 1907 - Birth of Daniel Bovet, Swiss-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)


 * 1912 - Birth of Wernher von Braun, German-born physicist and engineer (d. 1977)


 * 1934 - Birth of Ludvig Faddeev, Russian mathematician


 * 1982 - Death of Barney Clark, first artificial heart recipient (b. 1921)


 * 2007 - Death of Paul J. Cohen, American mathematician, Fields Medal winner (b. 1934)