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on 10/1/1796
a result on the number of solutions of polynomials with coefficients in finite fields, which 150 years later led to the Weil conjectures
in 1796
regular polygon can be constructed by compass and straightedge if and only if the number of sides is the product of distinct Fermat primes and a power of 2
on 7/10/1796
that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers
with
on 3/9/1796
Engagement ring given by to prior to their wedding on March 9th Two tear-shaped stones a diamond and a sapphire are placed in a gold setting that was sentimentally More images: tco fKdvbouSlL tco pqf4ynV6ML
on 5/31/1796
which gave a good understanding of how the prime numbers are distributed among the integers.
![Picture of Pierre Van Cortlandt in 1796 [Pierre Van Cortland.]](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=1253342&t=w)
![Picture of Walter Scott in 1796 [Siege of Malta?], holograph fragment nn.d. ms. ( 1 p. )](http://images.nypl.org/index.php?id=psnypl_berg_747&t=w)
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on 8/1796
Ernest Board - Dr performing his first vaccination against smallpox on a boy of the age of 8 May 14th c1910
