1688 in science

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The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named by Gottfried Kirch.

Exploration

• A French Jesuit scientific mission led by Jean de Fontaney arrives in China.

Births

• January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and theologian (d. 1772)
• April 4 - Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
• August 14 - Johann Leonhard Rost, German astronomer (d. 1727)
• September 26 - Willem 's Gravesande, Dutch polymath (d. 1742)
• November 15 - Louis Bertrand Castel, French Jesuit mathematician and physicist (d. 1757)

Deaths

• January 28 - Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit astronomer in China (b. 1623)
• October 9 - Claude Perrault, French architect and physicist (b. 1613)
• November 11 - Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie, French horticulturalist (b. 1626)