1601 in science

none 1601 science 1601 The year 1601 CE in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. 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 Windows FILETIME timestamps which are stored as a 63 bit counter, whose last valid timestamp is on 14 September, AD 30828 at 02:48:05.4775807 UTC.Microsoft INFO: Working with the FILETIME Structure http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188768 2011-10-25Microsoft Dandelions, VCR Clocks, and Last Logon Times: These Are a Few of Our Least Favorite Things http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/lastlogon.mspx Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog 2011-10-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090308124119/http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/lastlogon.mspx 2009-03-08 dead 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 la 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) References Category:1601 Category:17th century in science Category:1600s in science