Tycho Brahe Tycho suddenly contracted a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague, and died eleven days later, on 24 October 1601. Accordin

Tycho Brahe Tycho suddenly contracted a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague, and died eleven days later, on 24 October 1601. According to Kepler's first hand account, Tycho had refused to leave the banquet to relieve himself because it would have been a breach of etiquette. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Death http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe#Death