Ferdinand Verbiest
...that in 1669, the Jesuit missionary and astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest persuaded the Kangxi Emperor to remove a month from the Chinese calendar?
...that in 1669, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Jesuit" id="mwBdY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> <a href="./Missionary" id="mwBdc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Missionary">missionary</a> and astronomer <b id="mwBdg"><a href="./Ferdinand_Verbiest" id="mwBdk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ferdinand Verbiest">Ferdinand Verbiest</a></b> <i id="mwBdo">(pictured)</i> persuaded the <a href="./Kangxi_Emperor" id="mwBds" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kangxi Emperor">Kangxi Emperor</a> to remove a month from the <a href="./Chinese_calendar" id="mwBdw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a>?