1601 in science

List of years in science (table)
... 1591 ^. 1592 ^. 1593 ^. 1594 ^. 1595 ^. 1596 ^. 1597 ... 1598 1599 1600 -1601- 1602 1603 1604 ... 1605 ^. 1606 ^. 1607 ^. 1608 ^. 1609 ^. 1610 ^. 1611 ...
Art ^. Archaeology ^. Architecture ^. Literature ^. Music ^. Philosophy ^. Science +...

The year 1601 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.

Computer science

January 1 – Retrospectively the epoch reference date from which ANSI dates are counted in COBOL and other computer languages, and the base of file and Active Directory Logon dates in Microsoft Windows.^[1]^[2]

Exploration

August 26 – Olivier van Noort completes his circumnavigation of the world.

Mathematics

Johannes Kepler is appointed imperial mathematician to the Habsburg Empire.

Physiology and medicine

Giulio Cesare Casseri publishes a treatise on the anatomy of the vocal and auditory organs De vocis auditusque organis historia anatomica in Ferrara.

Births

August 20 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (d. 1665)
possible date – Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, English inventor (d. 1667)

Deaths

October 24 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)

References

↑ "INFO: Working with the FILETIME Structure". Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
↑ "Dandelions, VCR Clocks, and Last Logon Times: These Are a Few of Our Least Favorite Things". Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Microsoft. Retrieved 2011-10-25.