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December 10th

1269 The first translation of the works of Archimedes into Latin was completed by Flemish Dominican priest Willem van Moerbeke.

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Willem van Moerbeke
1478 The Treviso Arithmetic, the first printed mathematics text, published in Treviso, Italy, as Arte dell'Abbaco by an unknown author.

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1804 Carl Jacobi, best known for his work on elliptic functions and differential equations, born in Potsdam, Germany (then Prussia).

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1815 Computer pioneer Augusta Ada Byron born in London, England. Later Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, she worked with Charles Babbage on his analytical engine.

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Charles Babbage

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