1601 in science
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.
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 in Ferrara.