The year 1628 in
science
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and
technology
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involved some significant events.
Medicine and physiology
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William Harvey
William Harvey (1 April 1578 – 3 June 1657) was an English physician who made influential contributions to anatomy and physiology. He was the first known physician to describe completely, and in detail, pulmonary and systemic circulation ...
publishes his findings about
blood circulation
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in ''
'' (published in Frankfurt).
Births
* March 10 –
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi (10 March 1628 – 30 November 1694) was an Italians, Italian biologist and physician, who is referred to as the "founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father of physiology and embryology". Malpighi's name is borne by ...
,
Italian
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** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
physiologist
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(died
1694
Events
January–March
* January 16 – Francesco Morosini, the Doge of Venice since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of Negropont from t ...
)
* April 23 –
Johann van Waveren Hudde
Johannes (van Waveren) Hudde (23 April 1628 – 15 April 1704) was a mathematician, burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam between 1672 – 1703, and governor of the Dutch East India Company.
Hudde initially studied law at the University of Le ...
,
Dutch
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** Dutch language ()
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mathematician
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(died
1704
In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 7 – Partial solar eclipse, Solar Saros 146, is visible i ...
)
*
Constantijn Huygens
Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist C ...
, Dutch statesman and
telescope
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maker (died
1697
Events
January–March
* January 8 – Thomas Aikenhead is hanged outside Edinburgh, becoming the last person in Great Britain to be executed for blasphemy.
* January 11 – French writer Charles Perrault releases the book '' Histoires ...
)
Deaths
* June 8 –
Rudolph Goclenius
Rudolph Goclenius the Elder (; born ''Rudolf Gockel'' or ''Göckel''; 1 March 1547 – 8 June 1628) was a German scholastic philosopher. He is sometimes credited with coining the term ''psychology'' in 1590, though the term had been used by Pier ...
,
German
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* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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philosopher
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and
polymath
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(born
1547
Year 1547 ( MDXLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events January–March
* January 8 – The first Lithuanian-language book, a ''Catechism'' (, Simple Words of Catechism), is published in Königsbe ...
)
*
Yi Su-gwang
Yi Sugwang (; 1563–1628), also known as Lee Soo-kwang, was a Korean sarim, a military official, and a diplomat of the Joseon period. He was also an academic and an encyclopedist who compiled the '' Jibong Yuseol,'' the earliest Korean encyclo ...
,
Korea
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n
scholar-bureaucrat
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Scholar-officials were politicians and governmen ...
(born
1563
Year 1563 ( MDLXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 2 (January 2, 1562 O.S., January 11, 1563 N.S.) – The convocation of bishops and clerics of the Church of Engla ...
)
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