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The year '''1630 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* Following his recently completed [[Rudolphine Tables]], [[Kepler]] predicts a [[transit of Mercury]] on 7 November 1631 and a [[transit of Venus]] on 6 December 1631. He writes an "admonition" to astronomers to prepare for observations on these dates, which is published after his death by Jacob Bartsch.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Importance of the Transit of Mercury of 1631 |last=van Helden |first=Albert |journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy |volume=7 |page=1 |date=1976 |doi=10.1177/002182867600700101 |bibcode=1976JHA.....7....1V |s2cid=22091697}}</ref>

==Mathematics==
* [[Pierre de Fermat]] studies the curve later known as the "[[Witch of Agnesi]]".

==Microscopy==
* [[Francesco Stelluti]]'s ''{{lang|la|Persio tradotto in verso schiolto e dichiarato}}'', published in Rome, is the first book to contain images of organisms viewed through the microscope.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Norman|title=The First Book to Contain Images of Organisms Viewed through the Microscope (1630)|work=History of Knowledge|url=http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=3854|accessdate=2014-12-02}}</ref>

==Technology==
* [[Cornelius Drebbel]] produces an early form of [[magic lantern]] or [[slide projector]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Matthew|last=Richardson|title=The Penguin Book of Firsts|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books India|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-14-302771-9}}</ref>

==Events==
* The first laws prohibiting [[gambling]] in America are passed.

==Births==
* July 19 – [[François Cureau de La Chambre]], French [[physician]] (died [[1680 in science|1680]])<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktNVifjcOcAC&pg=PA269 |title=L'Anthropologie |date=1894 |publisher=Masson. |pages=270 |language=fr}}</ref>
* September 13 – [[Olof Rudbeck]], [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[physiologist]] (died [[1702 in science|1702]])
* October – [[Isaac Barrow]], English [[mathematician]] (died [[1677 in science|1677]])
* ''possible date'' – [[Johann Kunckel]], German [[chemist]] (died [[1703 in science|1703]])

==Deaths==
* November 15 – [[Johannes Kepler]], astronomer (born [[1571 in science|1571]])
* [[Federico Cesi]], founder of [[Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei]], in Rome, Italy (born [[1586 in science|1586]])
* [[Johannes Schreck]] (also known as Johannes Terrenz or Terrentius), explorer (born [[1576 in science|1576]])

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