{"slug": "tycho-brahe", "label": "Tycho Brahe", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36620", "qid": "Q36620", "description": "Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1546, 1601], "span_label": ["1546 CE", "1601 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "johannes-kepler", "label": "Johannes Kepler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christian-iv-of-denmark", "label": "Christian IV of Denmark", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "may", "label": "May", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1546, "year_label": "1546 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (d. 1601)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368296265#Births", "title": "1546", "revid": 1368296265, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1560, "year_label": "1560 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "August 21", "text": "August 21 – A total eclipse of the sun is observable in Europe, which inspires Tycho Brahe's interest in astronomy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359957428#July–September", "title": "1560", "revid": 1359957428, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1572, "year_label": "1572 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 11", "text": "November 11 – Tycho Brahe also notices Supernova SN 1572. He will use it to challenge the prevailing view that stars do not change. The supernova remnant remains visible through 1574.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370792520#October–December", "title": "1572", "revid": 1370792520, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1577, "year_label": "1577 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361323001#October–December", "title": "1577", "revid": 1361323001, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1597, "year_label": "1597 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 24", "text": "August 24 – Christian IV of Denmark-Norway refuses to let Tycho Brahe return to Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362801855#July–September", "title": "1597", "revid": 1362801855, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1598, "year_label": "1598 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "May", "text": "May – Tycho Brahe's star catalogue Astronomiæ instauratæ mechanica, listing the positions of 1,004 stars, is published.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769896#April–June", "title": "1598", "revid": 1372769896, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#October–December", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Deaths › October–December"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Johannes Kepler, assistant to Tycho Brahe, is promoted to the position of Royal Mathematician of the Holy Roman Empire after Brahe's sudden death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#October–December", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}