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MATHEMATICS

Guillaume De L'Hôpital states His Rule for the computation of certain Limits

Jakob Bernoulli and Johann Bernoulli solve Brachistochrone Problem , the first result in the Calculus Of Variations

BIRTHS

Henri Pitot , French physicist, inventor of the Pitot Tube (died 1771 )

DEATHS

Jean Richer , astronomer (born 1630 )