See also: 1607 in science, other events of 1608, 1609 in science, and the list of years in science.
Astronomy Hans Lippershey invents the refracting telescope Births October 15 - Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (died 1647) Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian scientist (died 1679) John Tradescant the Younger, English botanist (died 1662) Deaths
