The year 1601 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... Technology (Gr. ...

See also: 1600 in science, other events of 1601, 1602 in science, and the list of years in science. The year 1600 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. ... Events January 1 - Windows Win32 FILETIME epoch at 00:00:00 UTC. February 8 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, rebels against Elizabeth I of England - revolt is quickly crushed February 25 - Robert Devereux beheaded Jesuit Matteo Ricci arrives in China Bad harvest in Russia due to rainy summer Dutch... The year 1602 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. ... The following entries cover events of a science or technology related nature which occurred in the listed year. ...

Exploration

• Olivier van Noort completes his circumnavigation of the world.

Olivier van Noort (1558 - 22 February 1627) was the first Dutchman to circumnavigate the world. ... To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. ...

Mathematics

• Johannes Kepler is appointed imperial mathematician to the Hapsburg Empire.

Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German astronomer, mathematician and astrologer. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... Habsburg (sometimes spelled Hapsburg, but never so in official use) was one of the major ruling houses of Europe. ...

Births

• August 20 - Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician.

August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Pierre de Fermat Pierre de Fermat (August 17, 1601 – January 12, 1665) was a French lawyer of Basque origin at the Parliament of Toulouse and a mathematician who is given credit for the development of modern calculus. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ...

Deaths

• Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer.