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sep 25, 1673 - Anton Van Leeuwenhoek Becomes the First Person to See Microscopic Organisms

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Not even a scientist but a clothes maker, Anton created a very simple form of a microscope, allowing him to view what he called "animalcules" in rainwater, feces, on clothes, and anything else he set his lens to.

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sep 25, 1673
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~ 352 years ago