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

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See also: 1600 in science, other events of 1601, 1602 in science, and the list of years in science.

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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 Windows FILETIME timestamps which are stored as a 63 bit counter, whose last valid timestamp is on 14&nbsp;September, AD&nbsp;30828 at 02:48:05.4775807 UTC.

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 in Ferrara.

Births

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

Deaths

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

References