Irish mathematician and astronomer (1805-1865). William Rowan Hamilton was born on 4 August 1805 in what is now Ireland. William Rowan Hamilton is remembered as a mathematician, physicist and astronomer, a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Notable works include “Hamilton's principle”, “On the osculating twisted cubic to a curve of double curvature” and “VIII. <i>Second theorem of algebraic elimination, connected with the question of the possibility of resolving, in finite terms, equations of the Fifth degree</i>”. Positions held included Royal Astronomer of Ireland.
Before and after
- 2 April 1805Birth of Hans Christian Andersen
- 9 May 1805Death of Friedrich Schiller
- 22 June 1805Birth of Giuseppe Mazzini
- 29 July 1805Birth of Alexis de Tocqueville
- 4 August 1805Birth of William Rowan Hamilton
- 21 October 1805Battle of Trafalgar
- 30 October 1805Battle of Caldiero
- 2 December 1805Battle of Austerlitz
- 23 December 1805Birth of Joseph Smith
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