- 1619 in science
The year 1619 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Discoveries
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Lactose is discovered byFabriccio Bartoletti ; the word "lactose" came from the Latin word "lac" which means "milk".
* InNorth America , theChurchill River is discovered by Danish explorerJens Munk , and it will be used for over 100 years as a trading route of theHudson's Bay Company from their fort at its mouth to the interior.
*Edel's Land , inWestern Australia , is discovered byJans Van Edel , a Dutch seaman.Astronomy
* Publication of
Johannes Kepler 's third law of planetary motion.Deaths
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Hieronymus Fabricius , Italian anatomist and embryologist (born1537 )
*Hans Lippershey , Dutch lensmaker, credited with inventing the telescope in 1608 (born c1570 )
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