1501 in science

none 1501 science 1501 The year 1501 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed below. Astronomy Nilakantha Somayaji completes his astronomical treatise Tantrasamgraha. Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, as well as the stars of the constellation Crux, which are below the horizon in Europe. Exploration March 25 – Portuguese navigator João da Nova probably discovers Ascension Island.Albuquerque, Afonso de (2001). The commentaries of the great Afonso Dalboquerque, second viceroy of India, Adamant Media Corporation, p.xx. Issue 55. 1-4021-9511-7. November 1 (All Saints) – Amerigo Vespucci discovers and names Baía de Todos os Santos in Brazil. http://educacao.uol.com.br/biografias/americo-vespucio.jhtm Américo Vespúcio 2014 UOL Educaçao 15 December 2014 pt https://web.archive.org/web/20140716163809/http://educacao.uol.com.br/biografias/americo-vespucio.jhtm 16 July 2014 dead Gaspar Corte-Real makes the first known landing in North America by a Western European explorer this millennium.Bernard Grun The Timetables of History https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist00grun_0 registration 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 223 Rodrigo de Bastidas becomes the first European to explore the Isthmus of Panama. Medicine Continuing until 1587, a pandemic outbreak of fever, headache, sweating and black tongue spreads through Europe. Initially called morbus Hungaricus (the Hungarian disease), it will later be regarded as an outbreak of typhus.An Introduction to the History of Medicine Garrison Hudson Fielding 1921 Saunders 239 https://archive.org/details/anintroductiont02garrgoog Births January 17 – Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (died 1566) March 23 – Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and botanist (died 1577) September 24 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician and physician (died 1576) approx. date – Garcia de Orta, Portuguese Sephardi Jewish physician (died 1568) Deaths presumed date – Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (born 1450) References Category:1501 Category:16th century in science Category:1500s in science