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1672 in science

The year 1672 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1671 in science, other events of 1672, 1673 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Births 3 Deaths

Astronomy

• John Flamsteed determines the solar parallax from observations of Mars
• Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Mars
• Sir Isaac Newton reads 1st Optiks paper before Royal Society of London

Births

Deaths

• Simon Dezhnev, Russian Cossack navigator, who in 1648 made the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait (born 1605)

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