The year 1641 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1640 in science, other events of 1641, 1642 in science and the list of years in science.
Births
- Nehemiah Grew, English botanist and physician who made some of the early microscopical observations of plants (died 1712)
- Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles, which were later named Graafian follicles (died 1673)
Deaths
