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ASTRONOMY

Christiaan Huygens discovers that Saturn's Planetary Rings consist of rocks.

TECHNOLOGY

Christiaan Huygens designs and builds the first working Pendulum clock, which was sufficiently accurate to be fitted with both a minute hand and a second hand.

BIRTHS

Joseph Pitton De Tournefort , French botanist (died 1708 )

October 29 ( Julian Calendar ) - Edmond Halley , English scientist (died 1742 )

DEATHS