1672 in science
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The year 1672 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1671 in science, other events of 1672, 1673 in science and the list of years in science.
Astronomy
- John Flamsteed determines the solar parallax from observations of Mars
- Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
- Sir Isaac Newton reads 1st Optiks paper before Royal Society of London
Births
Deaths
- Simon Dezhnev, Russian Cossack navigator, who in 1648 made the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait (born 1605)