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Regiomontanus — Age, Birthday & Biography

Born: 6 June 1436 · Died: 6 July 1476 · Age at death: 40

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Regiomontanus died aged 40. He was born on 6 June 1436 and died on 6 July 1476.

Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who revolutionised European trigonometry

Did you know?His printed planetary tables were used by Christopher Columbus to predict a lunar eclipse, helping him manage a conflict with local populations in Jamaica.

Johannes Müller von Königsberg (6 June 1436 – 6 July 1476), better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg.

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Age at death: 40
Years since death: 550

Born: June 6, 1436 · Königsberg in Bayern, Germany
Died: July 6, 1476
Nationality: Roman
Known for: Science, Religion, Scholarship

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