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Euler conjectured that there were no pairs of orthogonal Latin squares for orders $n \equiv 2 \pmod 4$. Nearly two hundred years later, this was proved false for every $n \equiv 2 \pmod 4$ except $2$ and $6$. Here's the link to Euler's paper. Regardless, Euler's work certainly helped spur research into Latin squares.