1630 in science

The year 1630 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Following his recently completed Rudolphine Tables, Kepler predicts a transit of Mercury on 7 November 1631 and a transit of Venus on 6 December 1631. He writes an "admonition" to astronomers to prepare for observations on these dates, which is published after his death by Jacob Bartsch.{{cite journal |title=The Importance of the Transit of Mercury of 1631 |last=van Helden |first=Albert |journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy |volume=7 |page=1 |date=1976 |doi=10.1177/002182867600700101 |bibcode=1976JHA.....7....1V |s2cid=22091697}}

Francesco Stelluti's {{lang|la|Persio tradotto in verso schiolto e dichiarato}}, published in Rome, is the first book to contain images of organisms viewed through the microscope.{{cite web|first=Jeremy|last=Norman|title=The First Book to Contain Images of Organisms Viewed through the Microscope (1630)|work=History of Knowledge|url=http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=3854|accessdate=2014-12-02}}

Cornelius Drebbel produces an early form of magic lantern or slide projector.{{cite book|first=Matthew|last=Richardson|title=The Penguin Book of Firsts|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books India|location=New Delhi|isbn=0-14-302771-9}}

July 19 – François Cureau de La Chambre, French physician (died 1680){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ktNVifjcOcAC&pg=PA269 |title=L'Anthropologie |date=1894 |publisher=Masson. |pages=270 |language=fr}}
September 13 – Olof Rudbeck, Swedish physiologist (died 1702)
October – Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (died 1677)
possible date – Johann Kunckel, German chemist (died 1703)

November 15 – Johannes Kepler, astronomer (born 1571)
Federico Cesi, founder of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in Rome, Italy (born 1586)
Johannes Schreck (also known as Johannes Terrenz or Terrentius), explorer (born 1576)