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This post is a basic timeline of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855). There are 10 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- 1777: Born in Brunswick, Germany
- 1792: Enrolls at Collegium Carolinum
- 1795: Enrolls at University of Gottingen
- 1801: Publishes Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
- 1801: Calculated the orbit of dwarf planet Ceres
- 1818: Performed a geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover
- 1828: Discovered Theorema Egregium
- 1833: Constructed the first electromechanical telegraph
- 1840: Publishes Dioptrische Untersuchungen
- 1855: Died at age 77 in Hanover, Germany
