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Birth
Blaise Pascal was born on June 19, 1623 in Clermont-Ferrand, France -
Calculating Device
Pascal constructed a calculating device to help his father -
Vacuum
Pascal had learned of Evangelista Torricelli's experimentation with barometers. -
Probability Research
Pascal started his research on probability -
Treatise on the Arithmetical Triangle
Pascal published the Pascal Triangle -
The Provincial Letters
Pascal published his memorable attack on casuistry, a popular ethical method used by Catholic thinkers in the early modern period -
Cycloid
Pascal began considering several problems concerning the cycloid -
Écrit sur la signature du formulaire
Pascal wrote one of his final works, Écrit sur la signature du formulaire -
Death
Blasie Pascal died in Paris, France on August 18th, 1662. His last words were "May God never abandon me,"