Editing 1676 in science (section)

==Biology==
* [[Antony Van Leeuwenhoek]] discovers [[bacteria]], observed with the [[microscope]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 17, 2018|work=India Today |title=How bacteria was discovered by the father of microbiology, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/bacteria-discovery-by-antonie-van-leeuwenhoek-1341671-2018-09-17|access-date=2021-08-30}}</ref>
* [[Francis Willughby]]'s ''Ornithologiae'' is published by [[John Ray]], the foundation of scientific [[ornithology]].<ref>{{cite journal|first=Frank N.|last=Egerton|title=A History of the Ecological Sciences, Part 18: John Ray and His Associates Francis Willughby and William Derham|url=http://www.esapubs.org/bulletin/current/history_list/history18.pdf|journal=Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America|volume=86|issue=4 |pages=301–313|accessdate=2011-04-26 |date=October 2005|doi=10.1890/0012-9623(2005)86[301:ahotes]2.0.co;2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Geoffrey Keynes|last=Keynes|first=Sir Geoffrey|year=1976|title=John Ray, 1627–1705: a bibliography 1660–1970|publisher=Van Heusden|location=Amsterdam|page=52}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Charles E. Raven|last=Raven|first=Charles E.|year=1942|title=John Ray, naturalist: his life and works|publisher=Cambridge University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|authorlink=Alfred Newton|last=Newton|first=Alfred|year=1893|title=Dictionary of Birds|url=https://archive.org/details/adictionarybird00shufgoog|publisher=Black|location=London}}</ref>