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Death of Tycho Brahe

Type Event Region Europe Time 1601

On October 24, 1601, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe died in Prague, the capital of Bohemia, aged 54.

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  1. 1601Prague · BohemiaWhile directing observations at the court of Rudolf II, Tycho Brahe suddenly fell gravely ill and took to his bed. His assistant Johannes Kepler attended him, recording his dying instructions on observations and unfinished star catalogue work.
  2. 1601Prague · BohemiaTycho Brahe died in Prague on October 24, 1601. His life's precise observations of Mars and other bodies were handed to Kepler for organization, becoming the foundation for the later Astronomia Nova and the discovery of the laws of planetary motion.

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