1682 in science
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The year 1682 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1681 in science, other events of 1682, 1683 in science and the list of years in science.
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Astronomy
- A comet is observed, which later becomes known as Comet Halley, after Edmund Halley successfully predicts its return in 1758
Botany
- John Ray publishes his Methodus plantarum nova, which sets out his system to divide flowering plants into monocotyledons and dicotyledons
Exploration
- René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle canoes down the Mississippi River, naming the Mississippi basin Louisiana in honour of Louis XIV
Births
- July 10 - Roger Cotes, English mathematician (died 1716)
- Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (died 1771)
Deaths
- Jean Picard, French astronomer (born 1620)