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The year 1619 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Discoveries
- Lactose is discovered by Fabriccio Bartoletti; the word lactose came from the Latin word lac which means "milk".
- In North America, the Churchill River is discovered by Danish explorer Jens Munk, and it will be used for over 100 years as a trading route of the Hudson's Bay Company from their fort at its mouth to the interior.
- Edel's Land, in Western Australia, is discovered by Jans Van Edel, a Dutch seaman.
Astronomy
- Publication of Johannes Kepler's third law of planetary motion.
Deaths
- Hieronymus Fabricius, Italian anatomist and embryologist (born 1537)
- Hans Lippershey, Dutch lensmaker, credited with inventing the telescope in 1608 (born c1570)
