1603 in science

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The year 1603 in science and technology involved many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1602 in science, other events of 1603, 1604 in science, and the list of years in science.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Exploration 3 General 4 Medicine 5 Births 6 Deaths

[edit] Astronomy

• Johann Bayer publishes the star atlas Uranometria.

[edit] Exploration

• The first successful French colony in North America, Acadia, is founded.

[edit] General

• Accademia dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy in the world, is founded in Rome

[edit] Medicine

• Girolamo Fabrici studies leg veins and notices that they have valves which only allow blood to flow toward the heart.

[edit] Births

• Abel Tasman, explorer (died 1659)

[edit] Deaths

• François Viète, mathematician. (born 1540)