1637 ⟶ Tulip Mania's Market Crash

End of Tulip mania.
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🔬 Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction

Willebrord Snellius: the law of refraction also known as Snell's law.⟶
Willebrord Snellius Formulates the Law of Refraction (1628)
PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionMathematics
NetherlandsNetherlands

🌷 Tulip Mania's Market Crash

End of Tulip mania.⟶
Tulip Mania's Market Crash (1637)
SpeculationEconomyTrade
NetherlandsNetherlands

📖 Publication of the Dutch Statenbijbel

Dutch Bible published.⟶
ReligionBibleTranslationChristianityPrinting PressReligious Texts
NetherlandsNetherlands

🪐 Huygens Determines the Shape of Saturn's Rings

Christiaan Huygens describes the true shape of the rings of Saturn.⟶
Huygens Determines the Shape of Saturn's Rings (1656)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionPhysicsCosmologyTelescopeChristiaan HuygensObservation
NetherlandsNetherlands

⏱️ Pendulum Clock Invention

Pendulum clock: Invented by Christiaan Huygens. It was first conceptualized in 1637 by Galileo Galilei but he was unable to create a working model.⟶
Pendulum Clock Invention (1656)
Scientific RevolutionTimekeepingClockmakingMechanicsChristiaan HuygensGalileo Galilei
NetherlandsNetherlands

⏱️ Christiaan Huygens Invents the Pendulum Clock

Christiaan Huygens develops the first functional pendulum clock based on the learnings of Galileo Galilei.⟶
Christiaan Huygens Invents the Pendulum Clock (1657)
Scientific RevolutionTimekeepingClockmakingPhysicsMechanicsGalileo GalileiInstrumentationPrecision
NetherlandsNetherlands