Birth of Christiaan Huygens
Birth of Christiaan Huygens, Dutch astronomer as well as a mathematician, physicist, science fiction writer, and horologist
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1629 in Netherlands
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Historical records for Netherlands in 1629
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Discovery of Australia
Lands on North Western Australia after his ship the Batavia is wrecked
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