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The year 1600 CE in science and technology included some significant events.
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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.
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.
Geology
- William Gilbert publishes De Magnete which describes the Earth's magnetic field and is the beginning of modern geomagnetism.
Mathematics
- Ludolph van Ceulen computed the first 35 decimals of pi (π) at about this time.
Physics
- William Gilbert coins the word electricity.
Technology
- Simon Stevin invents a carriage propelled by sails.
Births
- November : John Ogilby (d. 1676), cartographer
