1604 In Science

Astronomy

• Supernova 1604 is observed. As of 2003, this was the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.

Exploration

• Luis Vaez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.
• France begins settling French Guiana.
• Russian city of Tomsk founded, in Siberia.

Medicine

• Johannes Kepler describes how the eye focuses light.

Physics

• Kepler specifies the law of rectilinear propagation for light waves.

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