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Birth of Christiaan Huygens

Netherlands · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1629Date range
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Chronological records

1629

Christiaan Huygens1629

Science / Astronomy

Birth of Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer as well as a mathematician, physicist, science fiction writer, and horologist

Names involved

Christiaan Huygens

Provenance

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