1603 In Science

Astronomy

• Johann Bayer publishes the star atlas Uranometria.

Exploration

• The first successful French colony in North America, Acadia, is founded.

General

• Accademia dei Lincei, the oldest scientific academy in the world, is founded in Rome

Medicine

• Girolamo Fabrici studies leg veins and notices that they have valves which only allow blood to flow toward the heart.

Births

• Abel Tasman, explorer

Deaths

• Franois Vite, mathematician.

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