Skeletons of a goat and a bat, detail of a larger engraved plate, drawn by Volcher Coiter, in his Lectiones Gabrielis Fallopii de partibus similaribus humani corporis, plate 3, 1575, unknown copy (Wikimedia commons)


Volcher Coiter

JUNE 2, 2023

Volcher Coiter, a Dutch physician and anatomist from Groningen, died June 2, 1576, at the age of about 42.

Anaxagoras of Clazomenae


JUNE 1, 2023

Charlie Taylor

Charles Edward Taylor, an American mechanic and machinist, was born May 24, 1868.

MAY 31, 2023

Wilbur Wright


MAY 30, 2023

Washington A. Roebling


MAY 26, 2023

Henry Wood Elliott


MAY 25, 2023

Frank Whittle


MAY 24, 2023

Elias Ashmole


MAY 23, 2023

Abraham Lincoln


MAY 22, 2023

Roger Joseph Boscovich


MAY 19, 2023

Abraham Pais


MAY 18, 2023

Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond


MAY 17, 2023

Humphry Sandwith


MAY 16, 2023