1601 in science
The year 1601 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below.
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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 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 Latin: De vocis auditusque organis historia anatomica in Ferrara.
Births
- possible date – Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, English inventor (d. 1667)
Deaths
- October 24 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
gollark: I mean, JS or Lua would probably be equally easy and less work.
gollark: They're both stupidly OP.
gollark: Indeed.
gollark: Also, why develop an entirely new language and not use some existing interpreter thing?
gollark: *Is* that great? I mean, if something goes wrong, you probably want an obvious error and not just end up being confused.
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. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
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