1602 in science
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The year 1602 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Technology
[edit] General events
- The Bodleian Library at Oxford University is opened.
[edit] Exploration
- March 20 - The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General.
- May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
[edit] Births
- August 8 - Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician. (died 1675)
