1616 in science
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The year 1616 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Galileo challenges the Catholic Church, saying Copernicus' heliocentric theory of the Solar System is correct. On February 24 he is forbidden to speak of Copernicus's theories.
- March 5 - The work of Copernicus (1473-1543) is forbidden, by the Congregation of the Index, for reading "until corrected" (this is done in 1620: nine sentences, in which the heliocentric system is represented as certain, have to be either omitted or changed).
[edit] Biology
- Fortunio Liceti publishes De Monstruorum Natura which marks the beginning of studies into malformations of the embryo.
[edit] Technology
- Italian Giuliano Bossi invents a double-barreled gun.
[edit] Births
- October 18 - Nicholas Culpeper, English herbalist (d. 1654)
- November 22 - John Wallis, English mathematician who made important contributions to the development of algebra and analytical geometry (d. 1703)
- November 23 (bapt.) - John Kersey, English mathematician (d. 1677)
- Kamalakara, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1700)
- approx. date - John French, English physician and chemist (d. 1657)
[edit] Deaths
- March 19 - Johannes Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (b. 1587)
- July 25 - Andreas Libavius, German physician (b. 1555).
