1600 in science

1600 in science

The year 1600 CE in science and technology included some significant events.

Astronomy


* January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Year's Day.

* February 17 - Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.

* 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.

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.

Geology

* William Gilbert publishes "De Magnete" which describes the Earth's magnetic field and is the beginning of modern geomagnetism.

Mathematics

* Ludolph van Ceulen computed the first 35 decimals of pi (π) at about this time.

Physics

* William Gilbert coins the word "electricity".

Technology

* Simon Stevin invents a carriage propelled by sails.

Births

* November : John Ogilby (d. 1676), cartographer


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