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  • Italy
    1624
    Galileo Galilei

    Galileo had used a compound microscope

    Italy
    1624

    By 1624, Galileo had used a compound microscope. He gave one of these instruments to Cardinal Zollern in May of that year for presentation to the Duke of Bavaria, and in September, he sent another to Prince Cesi.




  • England, United Kingdom
    1624
    Buckingham Palace

    First house erected within the site

    England, United Kingdom
    1624

    Possibly the first house erected within the site was that of a Sir William Blake, around 1624. The next owner was Lord Goring, who from 1633 extended Blake's house and developed much of today's garden, then known as Goring Great Garden.




  • Warsaw, Poland
    1624
    Libraries

    Załuski Library

    Warsaw, Poland
    1624

    The Załuski Library was founded in Warsaw.




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