1643 in science

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The year 1643 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Exploration

• January 21 – Abel Tasman discovers the Tonga archipelago.
• December 25 – Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company discovers Christmas Island.[1]

Meteorology

• Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.[2]

Births

• January 4 (NS) – Isaac Newton, English physicist (died 1727)
• Jean de Fontaney, French Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (died 1710)
• Pierre Dionis, French surgeon and anatomist (died 1718)[3]

Deaths

• April 9 – Benedetto Castelli, Italian mathematician (born 1578)
• November 3
  • John Bainbridge, English astronomer (born 1582)
  • Paul Guldin, Swiss mathematician and astronomer (born 1577)
• Sophia Brahe, Danish astronomer (born 1556)
• Gasparo Berti, Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist (born c. 1600)
• Walter Warner, English scientist (born 1563)

References

1. "Christmas Island history". Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 2011-11-02. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
2. Torricelli, Evangelista (1715). "Introduction". Lezioni Accademiche. Florence.
3. BnF 12462161b