1564 in science explained

The year 1564 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Medicine

• Ambroise Paré publishes his treatise on surgery, Dix livres de la chirurgie: avec le magasin des instrumens necessaires à icelle, in French.^[1]

Births

• February 15 – Galileo Galilei, Pisan astronomer (died 1642).
• March 9 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (died 1617).
• approx. date – Pierre Richer de Belleval, French botanist (died 1632).

Deaths

• April – Pierre Belon, French naturalist (born 1517) (murdered)
• October 15 – Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (born 1514)
• October 18 – Johannes Acronius Frisius, German physician and mathematician (born 1520)
• Charles Estienne, French anatomist (born 1504)

Notes and References

1. Book: Winston, Robert. Robert Winston. Science Year by Year. London. Dorling Kindersley. 2013. 978-1-4093-1613-8.