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The year '''1612 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* The first description of the [[Andromeda Galaxy]] based on observations by [[telescope]] is given by [[Simon Marius]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Andromeda Galaxy|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Andromeda-Galaxy|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
* December 28 – [[Galileo Galilei|Galileo]] observes the [[planet]] [[Neptune]] for the first time when it is in [[astronomical conjunction|conjunction]] with [[Jupiter]], but mistakenly catalogues it as a [[fixed star]] because of its extremely slow motion along the [[ecliptic]], and it will not be properly identified until [[1846 in science|1846]].

==Medicine==
* [[Santorio Sanctorius]] puts the [[thermometer]] to medical use.<ref>{{cite web|title=Santorio Santorio – Italian physician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Santorio-Santorio|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>

==Births==
* ''approx. date'' – [[William Gascoigne (scientist)|William Gascoigne]], English inventor (died [[1644 in science|1644]])<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vaquero|first1=J. M.|last2=Vázquez|first2=M.|title=The Sun Recorded Through History|date=2009|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9780387927909|page=236|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWkyiEeiyksC&pg=PA236}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* February – [[John Gerard]], English herbalist (born c. [[1545 in science|1545]])<ref>{{cite web|title=John Gerard – English herbalist and author|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Gerard|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
* February 6 – [[Christopher Clavius]], German [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]] (born [[1537 in science|1537]])<ref>{{cite web|title=The Galileo Project|url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/clavius.html|website=galileo.rice.edu|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
* February 12 – [[Jodocus Hondius]], [[Flemish people|Flemish]] [[cartographer]] (born [[1563 in science|1563]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Jodocus Hondius|url=https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Author?author=Hondius%2C+Jodocus%2C+1563-1612|website=brbl-dl.library.yale.edu|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>
* November 20 – Sir [[John Harington (writer)|John Harington]], English inventor (born [[1561 in science|1561]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir John Harington – English author|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Harington|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=3 April 2018}}</ref>

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