1573 in science explained

The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• Tycho Brahe publishes De Stella Nova.^[1]

Medicine

• Publication of the Chirurgia Magna of Paracelsus, a translation into Latin of his work on surgery, Die grosse Wundartzney (1536), in Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe.^[2]

Births

• January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624)^[3]
• July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (died 1650)^[4]
• September 28 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss-born physician (died 1655)^[5]

Deaths

• April 29 – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (born c. 1509)^{[6] [7]}
• July 29 – John Caius, English physician and benefactor (born 1510)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tycho Brahe . Encyclopædia Britannica . 29 June 2020 .
2. Book: Great Ideas in the History of Surgery. Leo M.. Zimmerman. Iłża. Veith. Ilza Veith. Baltimore, Md. Williams & Wilkins. 1961.
3. Web site: Simon Marius German astronomer . Encyclopædia Britannica . 29 June 2020 .
4. Book: Trimble . Virginia . Virginia Louise Trimble . Williams . Thomas R. . Bracher . Katherine . Jarrell . Richard . Marché . Jordan D. . Ragep . F. Jamil . Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers . 2007 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-0-387-30400-7 . 1018 .
5. Book: Payne . J. Bertrand . Haydn ́s Universal Index of Biography . 2020 . BoD – Books on Demand . 978-3-8460-4770-5 . 373 .
6. Book: Kaufmann . Miranda . Miranda Kaufmann. Black Tudors: The Untold Story . 2017 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-78607-185-9 . 275 .
7. Book: Kelsey . Harry . Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate . 2000 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-08463-4 . 63 .
8. Web site: John Caius British physician . Encyclopædia Britannica . 29 June 2020 .