* Microscope: While the exact inventor remains uncertain, it's widely believed that Zacharias Janssen, a Dutch spectacle maker, developed the first compound microscope around 1590.
* Telescope: Hans Lippershey, another Dutch spectacle maker, applied for a patent for a telescope in 1608.
It's worth noting that there's debate surrounding the exact invention of both instruments. There might have been earlier, independent developments that haven't been fully documented. However, the evidence points to the Netherlands as the birthplace of both the microscope and telescope in that period.
