1656
- Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
1660
- Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region.
1663
- James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope.
1668
- Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope.
1670
- The first reference to a candy cane is made.
- Dom Pérignon invents Champagne.
1671
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
1674
- Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to see and describe bacteria with a microscope.
1675
- Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch.
1676
- Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
1679
- Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker.
1698
- Englishmen, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump.
