1627 in science

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The year 1627 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Exploration

• The Dutch ship the Gulden Zeepaert, skippered by Francois Thijssen, sails along the south coast of Australia.

Medicine

• Adriaan van den Spiegel's De humani corporis fabrica is published posthumously.

Births

• January 25 - Robert Boyle, English chemist (d. 1691)
• November 29 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)

Deaths

• February 22 - Olivier van Noort Dutch circumnavigator (b. 1558)
• July 20 - Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer (b. 1541)
• October 21 - Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (b. 1571)