1560 in science explained

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.^{[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

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

Notes and References

1. Armytage. W.H.G.. Giambattista della Porta and the Segreti. British Medical Journal. 1. 1129–30. 1960. 10.1136/bmj.1.5179.1129. 1966956. 5179.
2. Book: Bergin, Thomas G.. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Oxford; New York. New Market Books. 1987.
3. Book: Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1991. 978-0-671-74919-4. 247. registration.