1607 In Science
The year 1607 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * Johannes Kepler records the appearance and motion of a comet, later to be known as Comet Halley. Medicine * Giovanni Antonio Magini defends the use of astrology in medicine in his De astrologica ratione' (published in Venice). Technology * Howitzers are invented, by a Frenchman. Zoology * Edward Topsell's bestiary ''The Historie of Foure-Footed Beasts'' is published in London by William Jaggard. Births * between 31 October and 6 December – Pierre de Fermat, French people, French mathematician (d. 1665 in science, 1665) Deaths * 6 January – Guidobaldo del Monte, Italian people, Italian mathematician (born 1545 in science, 1545) * 28 June – Domenico Fontana, Italian architect (born 1543 in science, 1543) * 22 August – Bartholomew Gosnold, English people, English explorer and privateer (born 1572 in science, 1572) * Georg Bartisch, Germans, German physician and ophthalmologist (born ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Duchesne 1607
Duchesne is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Joseph Duchesne (c. 1544–1609), French physician and chemist. Physician-in-ordinary to King Henry IV *André Duchesne (1584–1640), French historian *François Duchesne (1616–1693), French historian, son of André * Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747–1827) French botanist and strawberry breeder *Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769–1852), Catholic nun and French saint * Henri Gabriel Duchesne (1793–1822), French naturalist *Abbé Louis Duchesne (1843–1922), French priest, philologist, teacher and church historian * Ernest Duchesne (1874–1912), French physician *Roger Duchesne (1906–1996), French film actor *André Duchesne (musician) (1949–), Canadian musician * Christiane Duchesne (1949–), Canadian researcher, educator, illustrator, translator and writer *Ricardo Duchesne, Canadian historical sociologist *Gaétan Duchesne (1962–2007), French ice hockey player * Steve Duchesne (1965–), French ice hockey ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1665 In Science
The year 1665 in science and technology involved some significant events. Events * Summer – Isaac Newton graduates from the University of Cambridge which is then closed as a precaution against bubonic plague so he retires to his birthplace at Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth to develop his theories on calculus, optics and the law of gravitation. Astronomy * Giovanni Cassini discovered Jupiter's red spot was a permanaent feature and used this to measure Jupiter's period of rotation as 9 hours 56 minutes. Cartography * Publication of the 'Atlas Maior' (''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'') completed by Joan Blaeu in Amsterdam. Medicine * April 12 – First recorded victim of the 'Great Plague of London' (1665–66), the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in the British Isles. Microbiology * September – Robert Hooke's ''Micrographia'' published, first applying the term 'cell' to plant tissue, which he discovered first in cork, then in living organisms, using a microscope. Paleontolo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Germans
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Georg Bartisch
Georg Bartisch (1535–1607) was a German physician who was a native of Königsbrück, Saxonia. At the age of thirteen he began his medical career as an apprentice to a barber surgeon, and for a considerable portion of his life Bartisch was an itinerant surgeon who plied his trade throughout Saxony, Silesia, and Bohemia. He eventually settled down in Dresden, and in 1588 became court oculist to Duke Augustus I of Saxony. Although Bartisch was not academically trained, he was considered a highly skilled practitioner of ocular medicine and surgery. He is credited for producing the first Renaissance manuscript on ophthalmic disorders and eye surgery, "''Ophthalmodouleia Das ist Augendienst''". It was published in 1583, and discussed ocular diseases, surgical techniques and instruments, and contained an ophthalmic atlas of 92 woodcuts depicting diseases of the eye. Bartisch is also remembered for his work in lithotomy for the removal of urinary calculi. Despite his skill as a su ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1572 In Science
The year 1572 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * November 9 – A supernova, now designated as SN 1572, is first observed in the constellation Cassiopeia (constellation), Cassiopeia by Cornelius Gemma. Tycho Brahe, who notes it two days later, will use it to challenge the prevailing view that stars do not change. Cartography * Georg Braun begins publication of his urban atlas ' in Cologne. Mathematics * Imaginary numbers defined by Rafael Bombelli. Medicine * Girolamo Mercuriale of Forlì (Italy) writes the work ' ("On the diseases of the skin"), the first scientific tract on dermatology. Technology * Mathew Baker (shipwright), Mathew Baker appointed Master Shipwright to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Births * November 25 - Daniel Sennert, Germany, German physician (died 1637 in science, 1637) * Johann Bayer, German people, German Star cartography, uranographer (died 1625 in science, 1625) * Charles Bouvard, French people ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as a letter of marque, during wartime. The commission empowered the holder to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war. This included attacking foreign vessels and taking them as prizes, and taking prize crews as prisoners for exchange. Captured ships were subject to condemnation and sale under prize law, with the proceeds divided by percentage between the privateer's sponsors, shipowners, captains and crew. A percentage share usually went to the issuer of the commission (i.e. the sovereign). Privateering allowed sovereigns to raise revenue for war by mobilizing privately owned armed ships and sailors to supplement state power. For participants, privateerin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Explorer
Exploration refers to the historical practice of discovering remote lands. It is studied by geographers and historians. Two major eras of exploration occurred in human history: one of convergence, and one of divergence. The first, covering most of ''Homo sapiens'' history, saw humans moving out of Africa, settling in new lands, and developing distinct cultures in relative isolation. Early explorers settled in Europe and Asia; 14,000 years ago, some crossed the Ice Age land bridge from Siberia to Alaska, and moved southbound to settle in the Americas. For the most part, these cultures were ignorant of each other's existence. The second period of exploration, occurring over the last 10,000 years, saw increased cross-cultural exchange through trade and exploration, and marked a new era of cultural intermingling, and more recently, convergence. Early writings about exploration date back to the 4th millennium B.C. in ancient Egypt. One of the earliest and most impactful thinkers of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bartholomew Gosnold
Bartholomew Gosnold (1571 – 22 August 1607) was an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown in colonial America. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod. He is considered by Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia". Early life and family Gosnold was born in Grundisburgh in Suffolk, England, in 1571, and his family seat was at Otley, Suffolk. His parents were Anthony Gosnold of Grundisburgh and Dorothy Bacon of Hessett. Henry Gosnold, the judge and friend of Francis Bacon, was his cousin. Bartholomew had a younger brother Anthony, born sometime between 1573 and 1578, who accompanied him to Virginia as well as a cousin also named Anthony Gosnold who was still living in Virginia in 1615. In 1578, the will of Bartholomew's great-grandmother Ann Doggett (Bacon) Gosnol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1543 In Science
The year 1543 in science and technology includes the 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus publication ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' (''On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'') often cited as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution,Juan Valdez, The Snow Cone Diaries: A Philosopher's Guide to the Information Age, p 367. and also includes many other events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy * Nicolaus Copernicus publishes ''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' (''On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'') in Nuremberg, offering entirely abstract mathematical arguments for the existence of the heliocentric universe. It is often cited as the beginning of the Scientific Revolution. Mathematics * Robert Recorde publishes '' The Grounde of Artes, teaching the Worke and Practise of Arithmeticke, both in whole numbers and fractions'', one of the first printed elementary arithmetic textbooks in English and the first to cover algebra. It will go through around forty-five e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin ''architectus'', which derives from the Greek (''arkhi-'', chief + ''tekton'', builder), i.e., chief builder. The professional requirements for architects vary from place to place. An architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus the architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a ''practicum'' (or internship) for practical experience to earn a Occupational licensing, license to practice architecture. Practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction, though the formal study of architecture in academic institutions has played a pivotal role in ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Domenico Fontana
Domenico Fontana (154328 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples. Biography He was born at Melide, a village on the Lake Lugano, at that time joint possession of some Swiss cantons of the old Swiss Confederacy, and presently part of Ticino, Switzerland, and died at Naples. He went to Rome in 1563, to join his elder brother. He began his career as a plasterer, and then as a mason and master builder, with particular expertise in measuring and technical skills. Fontana’s first architectural project was a villa in the Piazza Pasquino for Cardinal Montalto, constructed between 1577-78. Montalto later entrusted him in 1584 with the erection of the Cappella del Presepio (Chapel of the Manger) in Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, a powerful domical building over a Greek cross. It is a marvellously well-balanced structure, notwithstanding the profusion of detail and overloading of rich or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |