Jakob Bartsch or Jacobus Bartschius (ca. 1600–1633) published several star charts in 1624, titled Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati, which included several new constellations introduced around 1613 by Petrus Plancius on a celestial globe published by Pieter van den Keere. 1597 1598 1599 - 1600 - 1601 1602 1603 |- | align=center colspan=2 | Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s - 1600s - 1610s 1620s 1630s |- | align=center | Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century |} // Events January January 1 - Scotland adopts January 1st as being New Years Day February February 17 - Giordano Bruno burned at the... Events February 13 - Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition. ... The Pleiades, an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. ... Events January 24 - Alfonso Mendez, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrives at Massawa from Goa. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Petrus Plancius (1552–1622) was a Dutch astronomer, cartographer and clergyman. ...

Bartsch was the son-in-law of Johannes Kepler. Johannes Kepler Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and an early writer of science fiction stories. ...