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 January 1st as being New Year's Day.
- February 17 - Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake for heresy in Rome.
- 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.
[edit] Exploration
- December 31 - British East India Company is founded.
- Tadoussac, France's first trading post on the mainland of New France (now Canada), is established.
[edit] Geology
- William Gilbert publishes De Magnete which describes the Earth's magnetic field and is the beginning of modern geomagnetism.
[edit] Mathematics
- Ludolph van Ceulen computed the first 35 decimals of pi (π) at about this time.
[edit] Physics
- William Gilbert coins the word electricity.
[edit] Technology
- Simon Stevin invents a carriage propelled by sails.
[edit] Births
- November : John Ogilby (d. 1676), cartographerta:அறிவியலில் 1600
