Computer history - 1500s
Updated: 10/01/2023 by Computer Hope
Listed below are the important events in history relating to computers in the 1500s.
1500
Leonardo da Vinci invented the mechanical calculator.
1502
Peter Henlein, a craftsman from Nuremberg, Germany, created the first watch.
1516
Sir Thomas More released the book Utopia in 1516, which describes a fictional island society in the New World.
1519
Leonardo da Vinci passed away on May 2, 1519 (Age: 67).
1550
John Napier was born in 1550.
1561
Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561.
Henry Briggs was born in February 1561.
1571
Johannes Kepler was born on December 27, 1571.
1581
Edmund Gunter was born in 1581.
1592
Wilhelm Schickard was born on April 22, 1592.
1596
René Descartes was born on March 31, 1596.