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==Deaths== * February 11 – [[Pietro Cataldi]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[mathematician]] (born [[1548 in science|1548]]) * April 9 – [[Francis Bacon]], [[English people|English]] philosopher and a founder of modern scientific research (born [[1561 in science|1561]]) * April 11 – [[Marin Getaldić|Marin Getaldić or Ghetaldi]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusan]] politician, mathematician and physicist, contributed to the emergence of [[new algebra]] (born [[1568 in science|1568]]) * April 14 – [[Gaspare Aselli]], Italian anatomist (born c. [[1581 in science|1581]]) * June 21 – [[Anselmus de Boodt|Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt]], [[Flemish people|Flemish]]-born humanist, priest, physician and mineralogist (born c. [[1550 in science|1550]]) * October 30 – [[Willebrord Snellius]], Dutch mathematician and physicist who devised the basic law of refraction, known as [[Snell's law]] (born [[1580 in science|1580]]) * December 10 – [[Edmund Gunter]], English mathematician (born [[1581 in science|1581]]) ===Unknown date=== * [[Salomon de Caus]], French mechanical and hydraulic engineer (born [[1576 in science|1576]])
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