Template:Selected anniversaries/February 23

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  • 1855: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss dies. Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.

    1855: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss dies. Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.

  • 1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

    1898: Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.

  • 1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

    1927: German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.

  • 1940: The ENIAC (SETI) program accidentally generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1940: The ENIAC (SETI) program accidentally generates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

    1941: Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.

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