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1516 in science

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1516 in science

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Johannes Trithemius
Johannes Trithemius

The year 1516 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy and space science

  • The fall of the Nantan meteorite is possibly observed near the city of Nantan, Nandan County, Guangxi (China).

Exploration

  • January – The Río de la Plata is first explored by Europeans when Spanish navigator Juan Díaz de Solís traverses it during his search for a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Births

  • March 26 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (died 1565)
  • November 5 – Martin Helwig, Silesian cartographer (died 1574)
  • Realdo Colombo, Italian anatomist (died 1559)

Deaths

  • December 13 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (born 1462)

References

References

  1. "Río de la Plata".
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