1560 in science

none 1560 science 1560 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.Armytage W.H.G. Giambattista della Porta and the Segreti British Medical Journal 1 1129–30 1960 10.1136/bmj.1.5179.1129 1966956 5179Bergin, Thomas G. Encyclopedia of the Renaissance Oxford; New York New Market Books 1987Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 978-0-671-74919-4 247 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun 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. References Category:16th century in science Category:1560s in science