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1572 in science
The year
1572 in
science
and
technology
included many events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
November 9 â A
supernova
, now designated as
SN 1572
, is first observed in the
constellation
Cassiopeia
by
Cornelius Gemma
.
Tycho Brahe
, who notes it two days later, will use it to challenge the prevailing view that
star
s do not change.
Cartography
Georg Braun
begins publication of his urban
atlas
' in
Cologne
.
Mathematics
Imaginary number
s defined by
Rafael Bombelli
.
Medicine
Girolamo Mercuriale
of
Forlì
(Italy) writes the work ' ("On the diseases of the skin"), the first scientific tract on
dermatology
.
Technology
Mathew Baker
appointed Master
Shipwright
to Queen
Elizabeth I of England
.
Births
November 25 âÂÂ
Daniel Sennert
, German
physician
(died
1637
)
Johann Bayer
, German
uranographer
(died
1625
)
Charles Bouvard
, French
herbalist
(died
1658
)
Cornelius Drebbel
,
Dutch
inventor (died
1634
)
Bartholomew Gosnold
, English
explorer
and
privateer
(died
1607
)
Deaths
August 26 (
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
) âÂÂ
Petrus Ramus
, French
logician
(born
1515
)
December 12
âÂÂ
Loredana Marcello
, Venetian
dogaressa
and botanist.
References