1600 in science
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The year 1600 CE in science and technology included some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- January 1 - Scotland adopts today as being New Year's Day.
- February 4 - Johannes Kepler joins Tycho Brahe as his assistant at the castle of Benátky, near Prague.[1]
- February 17 - Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.[2]
- 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.[2]
[edit] Biology
- University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden established.
- Olivier de Serres publishes Le Théâtre d'Agriculture in France.
- First recorded use of the word Naturalist in its modern English sense, in Christopher Sutton's Disce Mori.[3]
[edit] Earth sciences
- February 19 - The Peruvian volcano Huaynaputina erupts catastrophically. This is the largest known volcanic explosion in South America and triggers severe global climatic events including the Russian famine of 1601–1603.[4][5]
- William Gilbert publishes De Magnete in England, describing Earth's magnetic field; beginning of the modern science of geomagnetism.[2]
[edit] Exploration
- January - Sebald de Weert makes the first definite sighting of the Falkland Islands.
- Tadoussac, France's first trading post on the mainland of New France (now Canada), is established.[6]
[edit] Mathematics
- approx. date - Ludolph van Ceulen computes the first 35 decimals of pi (π).
[edit] Physics
- William Gilbert coins the Latin word "electricus" to describe electricity.
[edit] Technology
- Simon Stevin invents a carriage propelled by sails.
[edit] Births
- Early ? - Dud Dudley, English metallurgist (d. 1684)
- November - John Ogilby, Scottish cartographer (d. 1676)
- approx. date - Lionel Lockyer, English quack doctor (d. 1672)
[edit] Deaths
- February 15 - José de Acosta, Spanish naturalist (b. 1539)
- September 1 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (b. 1525)
[edit] References
- ^ Rothen, François (2009). Surprenante gravité. Focus science. PPUR presses polytechniques. p. 61. ISBN 978-2-88074-774-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=Fok93e_83NwC&pg=PA161#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- ^ a b c Grun, Bernard (1991). "1600". The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
- ^ "naturalist, n. and adj.". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. December 2011. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/125338. Retrieved 2011-12-20. subscription or UK public library membership required
- ^ "1600 Eruption Caused Global Disruption". Geology Times. http://www.geologytimes.com/Research/1600_Eruption_Caused_Global_Disruption.asp. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
- ^ Witze, Alexandra (2008-04-11). "The volcano that changed the world". Nature.Com News. Nature Publishing Group. http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080411/full/news.2008.747.html. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
- ^ Morley, William F. E. (2000). "Chauvin de Tonnetuit, Pierre de". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=125. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
