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1566 in science

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The year 1566 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Biology

  • Rembert Dodoens publishes Frumentorum, leguminum, palustrium et aquatilium herbarum, ac eorum quae eo pertinent historia at Antwerp.

Civil engineering

  • 1566–67 – Completion of "Stari Most" bridge crossing the Neretva at Mostar by the Ottoman Empire (builder: Mimar Hayruddin).
  • Autumn – Probable completion of the Exeter Canal, the first in England, and with the first use of a pound lock in England (engineer: John Trew of Glamorgan).

Events

  • December 29 – Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, while studying at the University of Rostock in Mecklenburg, loses part of his nose in a duel with fellow nobleman and relation Manderup Parsberg over a mathematical formula.

Births

  • Giuseppe Biancani, Italian astronomer (died 1624)
  • Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (died 1621)
  • Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (died 1636)
  • Caterina Vitale, Maltese pharmacist (died 1619)

Deaths

  • May 4 – Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (born 1490)
  • May 10 – Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (born 1501)
  • July 2 – Nostradamus, French physician and astrologer (born 1503)
  • July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (born 1507)

References

References

  1. Palmer, Alan. (1992). "The Chronology of British History". Century Ltd.
  2. Clew, Kenneth R.. (1984). "The Exeter Canal". Phillimore.
  3. (April 2003). "Tycho Brahe". University of St Andrews.
  4. Ihren, Fredric. "Tycho Brahe's Nose And The Story Of His Pet Moose".
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