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1632 CE - 1723 CE: Life of the Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
1632 CE: The Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is born in Delft.
1674 CE - 1677 CE: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek observes single-celled organisms, baceria and sperm through a microscope.
1680 CE: The Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek is made a Fellow of the Royal Society.
1723 CE: The Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek dies in Delft.