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Germany in 1604

Historical records for Germany in 1604, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

4Records
4Events
1Named people
0Places
2Categories

Historical records

January

1 January 1604Astronomiae Pars OpticaJohannes Kepler

Science / Astronomy

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

1 January 1604Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodiesJohannes Kepler

Science / Astronomy

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

1 January 1604Discovery of ParallaxJohannes Kepler

Science / Astronomy

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

Other Events

1604Discovery of Eye LensJohannes Kepler

Science / Medicine

Extends his study of optics to the human eye, and is generally considered by neuroscientists to be the first to recognize that images are projected inverted and reversed by the eyes lens onto the retina

Names involved

Johannes Kepler

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.