Editing 1601 in science

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The year '''1601 CE in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] included many events, some of which are listed below.

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==Computer science==
* January 1 – Retrospectively the [[Epoch (reference date)#Computing|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&nbsp;September, AD&nbsp;30828 at 02:48:05.4775807 UTC.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Microsoft]]|title=INFO: Working with the FILETIME Structure|url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188768|accessdate=2011-10-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Microsoft|title=Dandelions, VCR Clocks, and Last Logon Times: These Are a Few of Our Least Favorite Things|url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/lastlogon.mspx|work=Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog|accessdate=2011-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308124119/http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/lastlogon.mspx|archive-date=2009-03-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Exploration==
* August 26 – [[Olivier van Noort]] completes his [[circumnavigation]] of the world.

==Mathematics==
* [[Johannes Kepler]] is appointed imperial [[mathematician]] to the [[Habsburg|Habsburg Empire]].

==Physiology and medicine==
* [[Giulio Cesare Casseri]] publishes a treatise on the anatomy of the vocal and auditory organs {{Langx|la|De vocis auditusque organis historia anatomica}} in Ferrara.

==Births==
* ''possible date'' – [[Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester]], [[English people|English]] inventor (d. [[1667 in science|1667]])

==Deaths==
* October 24 – [[Tycho Brahe]], [[Danes|Danish]] [[astronomer]] (b. [[1546 in science|1546]])

==References==
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