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In 1608, The refracting telescope is invented by spectacle-maker, Hans Lippershey.
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In 1609, after the discovery of lenses, Galileo Galilei used his 30 power telescope and discovered craters on the moon and sunspots.
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This War which would later be known as the longest running war began as a religious civil war but later became a war for the balance of power in Europe.
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In 1620, Dutch engineer, Cornelis Drebble, built the first navigable submarine.
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Dutch defeat the Portuguese in a naval battle in the Indonesian Archipelago
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The longest running war has finally stopped.
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Isaac Newton developed the theories of gravitation in 1666, which was a major step in the right direction for the scientific revolution. In 1668, he invented a reflecting telescope. In addition to this, in 1686, Newton presented the three laws of motion which laid the foundation of mechanics.
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France invades the Spanish Netherlands starting the war
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Fighting begins between the Marathas and Mughals in India
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The Treaty of Ryswick ends the War of the Grand Alliance