1601 in science

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The year1601 CE inscienceandtechnologyincluded many events, some of which are listed below.

Computer science

• January 1 – Retrospectively theepoch reference datefrom whichANSIdates are counted inCOBOLand other computer languages, and the base of Windows FILETIME timestamps which are stored as a 63 bit counter, whose last valid timestamp is 30828/9/14 02:48:05.4775807.

Exploration

• August 26 –Olivier van Noortcompletes hiscircumnavigationof the world.

Mathematics

• Johannes Kepleris appointed imperialmathematicianto theHabsburg Empire.

Physiology and medicine

• Giulio Cesare Casseripublishes a treatise on the anatomy of the vocal and auditory organsLatin:De vocis auditusque organis historia anatomicain Ferrara.

Births

• possible date–Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester,Englishinventor (d.1667)

Deaths

• October 24 –Tycho Brahe,Danishastronomer(b.1546)