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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.

Events

  • The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.

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

  • William Shakespeare's grandfather; Richard Shakespeare died from natural causes, on 23 April.
  • November 15 − Domingo de Soto, Spanish priest and philosopher.

References

References

  1. Armytage, W.H.G.. (1960). "Giambattista della Porta and the Segreti". [[British Medical Journal]].
  2. (1987). "Encyclopedia of the Renaissance". New Market Books.
  3. Grun, Bernard. (1991). "The Timetables of History". Simon & Schuster.
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