See also: 1621 in science, other events of 1622, 1623 in science and the list of years in science.
Mathematics English mathematician William Oughtred invents the slide rule Births Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691) Jean Pecquet, French anatomist who discovered the thoracic duct (died 1674) Deaths January 23 - William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584)
