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==References==
 * 1501: Leonhart Fuchs is born in Wemding.
 * 1560: Gaspard Bauhin is born in Basel.
 * 1705: John Ray dies.
 * 1789: Thomas Walter dies in Berkeley County, South Carolina.
 * 1824: James Brodie dies.
 * 1872: Antoine Frédéric Spring dies.
 * 1910: Elisa Caroline Bommer dies in Brussels.
 * 1934: Karl Fritsch dies in Graz.