1515 in science explained

The year 1515 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• A year in which Earth's so-called "second moon" Cruithne (discovered in 1986) makes a closest approach to earth. The two are in 1:1 orbital resonance. This next happens about 1903; the following occasion will be in July 2292.

Cartography

• First Johannes Schöner globe produced.^[1]

Zoology

• May 15 – An Indian rhinoceros arrives in Lisbon, the first to be seen in Europe since Roman times.^[2]

Births

• February 18 – Valerius Cordus, German physician and botanist (died 1544)
• Cristóbal Acosta, Portuguese physician and natural historian (died 1594)
• Giorgio Biandrata, Italian court physician (died 1588)
• Petrus Ramus, French logician (k. 1572)
• Johann Weyer, Dutch] physician and occultist (died 1588)
• approx. date – Leonard Digges, English mathematician and surveyor (d. c.1559)

Deaths

• Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish navigator (born c.1466)
• Andreas Stoberl, Austrian astronomer, mathematician and theologian (born 1465)

Notes and References

1. Book: Van Duzer, Chet. Johann Schöner’s Globe of 1515: Transcription and Study. American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2010. 978-1-60618-005-1.
2. Book: Bedini, Silvano A.. The Pope's Elephant. 1997. Carcanet Press. Manchester. 1-85754-277-0.