1650 in science

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The year 1650 in science and technology

See also: 1649 in science, other events of 1650, 1651 in science, list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Exploration
2 Births
3 Deaths

Exploration

Births

Deaths

February 11 - Rene Descartes, mathematician
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who carried out one of the earliest studies of sunspots and made significant improvements to the helioscope and the telescope (born 1573)