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Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1538)

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Christopher Clavius

German astronomer and mathematician (1538–1612)

Christopher Clavius, was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian…
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February 6

Day of the year

February 6 is the 37th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 328 days remain until the end of the year.
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