1607 in science
The year 1607 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- Johannes Kepler records the appearance and motion of a comet, later to be known as Comet Halley.
Medicine
- Giovanni Antonio Magini defends the use of astrology in medicine in his .
Technology
- Howitzers are invented, by a Frenchman.
Zoology
- Edward Topsell's bestiary The Historie of Foure-Footed Beasts is published in London by William Jaggard.
Births
- between 31 October and 6 December – Pierre [de Fermat], French mathematician