22nd October
On this day in 1685, Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes which led to many Huguenot Protestants leaving France. Among mathematicians affected were Abraham de Moivre, Albert Girard, Joseph Saurin, Denis Papin and Francis Maseres.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1957.
The postage stamp of one of today's mathematicians at THIS LINK was issued in 1957.