Blaise Pascal By facebooker_721655890 Jun 19, 1623 Birth Jan 1, 1626 Mother Died Jan 1, 1631 Moved to Paris Jan 1, 1639 Wrote Essay on Conics at 16 Jan 1, 1642 Created Mechanical Calculator Jan 1, 1651 Father Died Jan 1, 1653 Created "Pascal's Triangle" Jan 1, 1654 Abandoned Math for Philosophy/Theology Jan 1, 1658 Returned to Mathematics Wrote About Cycloid Aug 19, 1662 Death