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1561 in science
The year
1561 in
science
and
technology
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Cartography and navigation
Bartolomeu Velho
produces a
Carta General do Orbe
for
Sebastian of Portugal
.
Richard Eden
translates
MartÃÂn Cortés de Albacar
's
Arte de navigar
as
The Arte of Navigation
which becomes the first manual of navigation in
English
.
Medicine and physiology
Gabriele Falloppio
publishes
Observationes anatomicae
in
Venice
, the only work of his printed during his lifetime.
Ambroise Paré
publishes
Anatomie universelle du corps humain
and
La méthode curative des playes et fractures de la test humaine
in
Paris
.
Smallpox
epidemic
in
Chile
.
Births
January 6 âÂÂ
Thomas Fincke
,
Danish
mathematician
(died
1656
)
January 22 âÂÂ
Francis Bacon
,
English
philosopher of science
(died
1626
)
March 29 âÂÂ
Sanctorius
,
Istria
n
physiologist
(died
1636
)
August 4 âÂÂ
John Harington
, English inventor (died
1612
)
August 24 âÂÂ
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus
,
German
trigonometrist
(died
1613
)
August 25 âÂÂ
Philippe van Lansberge
,
Flemish
astronomer
(died
1632
)
September 29 âÂÂ
Adriaan van Roomen
, Flemish mathematician (died
1615
)
October 8
(bapt.)
âÂÂ
Edward Wright
, English mathematician (died
1615
)
Deaths
References