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||1624: Camillo-Guarino Guarini born ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic.
||1624: Camillo-Guarino Guarini born ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic.


||1647: Elisabeth Catherina Koopmann Hevelius born ... one of the first female astronomers, and called "the mother of moon charts". She was also the second wife of fellow astronomer Johannes Hevelius. Pic.
File:Elisabeth_Hevelius_(1673).png|link=Elisabeth Hevelius (nonfiction)|1647: Astronomer [[Elisabeth Hevelius (nonfiction)|Elisabeth Hevelius]] born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be  called "the mother of moon charts".


||1666: Antonio Maria Valsalva born ... anatomist and physician. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears: he coined the term Eustachian tube, and he described the aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings. His name is associated with the Valsalva antrum of the ear and the Valsalva maneuver, which is used as a test of circulatory function. Pic.
||1666: Antonio Maria Valsalva born ... anatomist and physician. His research focused on the anatomy of the ears: he coined the term Eustachian tube, and he described the aortic sinuses of Valsalva in his writings. His name is associated with the Valsalva antrum of the ear and the Valsalva maneuver, which is used as a test of circulatory function. Pic.

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