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1626 in science

The year 1626 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1625 in science, other events of 1626, 1627 in science and the list of years in science.

Births

Deaths

• April 9 - Francis Bacon, English philosopher and a founder of modern scientific research ( born 1561)
• October 30 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch mathematician and physicist who devised the basic law of refraction, known as Snell's law (born 1581)
• December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (born 1581)

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