1627 in science
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The year 1627 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- Johannes Kepler's Rudolphine Tables are published.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Exploration
- January – The Dutch ship 't Gulden Zeepaert, skippered by François Thijssen, sails along the south coast of Australia.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Medicine
- Adriaan van den Spiegel's {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is published posthumously in Venice with illustrations by Giulio Casserio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Gaspare Aselli's {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} is published posthumously in Milan.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Publications
- Francis Bacon's {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, or A Natural History and New Atlantis are published posthumously.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Births
- January 25 – Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist (died 1691)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- November 29 – John Ray, English naturalist (died 1705)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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Deaths
- February 22 – Olivier van Noort Dutch circumnavigator (born 1558)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- July 20 – Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer (born 1541)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- October 21 – Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (born 1571)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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