1600 in science
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The year 1600 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1599 in science, other 1600 events, 1601 in science, and the list of years in science.
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[edit] Astronomy
- January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Year's Day.
- January 20 - From one of his letters to Tycho Brahe, it appears that the emperor Rudolf II has asked for some piece of astrological advice.
- February 3 - Kepler arrives at Benatký to assist Tycho Brahe.
- February 17 - Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
- May 4 - Tycho sends a letter to Galileo Galilei about a astronomical expedition to Egypt; no answer has been found (see: Tyge Brahe og Italienerne by F. R. Friis, Museeum, 1891 II, p. 270, original is in Florence.).
- July 10 - Tycho observes a solar eclipse from Benatký.
- July - Tycho leaves Benatký and moves to Prague.
- July - Danish astronomer Longomontanus arrives in Prague, where he works with the Moon orbital theory; he brings the rest of Tycho's astronomical instruments with him.
- November 10 - All of the 28 instruments of Tycho Brahe have arrived in Prague.
[edit] Exploration
- December 31 - British East India Company is founded.
- Tadoussac, France's first trading post on the mainland of New France (now Canada), is established
[edit] Geology
- William Gilbert publishes De Magnete which describes the Earth's magnetic field and is the beginning of modern geomagnetism.
[edit] Mathematics
- Ludolph van Ceulen computed the first 35 decimals of π at about this time.
[edit] Physics
- William Gilbert coins the word electricity.
[edit] Technology
- Simon Stevin invents a carriage propelled by sails.
[edit] Births
- November : John Ogilby (d. 1676), cartographer
