1668 in science
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The year 1668 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1667 in science, other events of 1668, 1669 in science and the list of years in science.

Astronomy

• Isaac Newton invents the reflecting telescope

Births

• Hermann Boerhaave, Dutch physician and chemist who made Leiden a European centre of medical knowledge (died 1738)

Deaths

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