1560 in science
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The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
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Events
- The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.[1][2][3]
Astronomy
- August 21 - A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.
Biology
- The Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium.
Births
- January 17 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (died 1624)
- June 25 - Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634)
- undated - Charles Butler, English beekeeper (died 1647)
- approx date
- Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621)
- Hugh Myddelton, Welsh-born goldsmith and hydraulic engineer (died 1631)
Deaths
References
- ^ Armytage, W.H.G. (1960). "Giambattista della Porta and the Segreti". British Medical Journal 1 (5179): 1129–30. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.5179.1129. PMC 1966956. http://www.bmj.com/content/1/5179/1129.full.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ Bergin, Thomas G., ed. (1987). Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Oxford; New York: New Market Books.
- ^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 247. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
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