Pierre-Simon Laplace died on 5 March 1827 in Paris, aged 77. A French mathematician and astronomer, Laplace worked on celestial mechanics, probability and mathematical physics. His five-volume Celestial Mechanics extended Newton's work and attempted to show that the solar system is stable, and he proposed the nebular hypothesis, in which the sun and planets formed from a rotating cloud of gas. He also developed Bayesian-style probability theory and the Laplace transform. A scientific adviser under Napoleon and briefly minister of the interior, he adapted to political change and was rewarded with titles after the Bourbon restoration.
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- 4 July 1826Death of Thomas Jefferson
- from 31 July 1826 to 22 February 1828Russo-Persian War of 1826–28
- 17 September 1826Birth of Bernhard Riemann
- from 18 November 1826 to 24 November 1826Battle of Arachova
- 5 March 1827Death of Pierre-Simon Laplace
- 5 March 1827Death of Alessandro Volta
- 15 March 1827Founding of University of Toronto
- 26 March 1827Death of Ludwig van Beethoven
- 5 April 1827Birth of Joseph Lister
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