1575 in science

The year 1575 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Events

• Leiden University is founded.

Astronomy

• Cornelius Gemma is credited with publishing the first scientific illustration of the aurora, in his discussion of the 1572 supernova.

Geology

• December 16 – Valdivia earthquake in Chile.

Mathematics

• Guilielmus Xylander uses parallel vertical lines to indicate equality.

Medicine

• First publication of Ambroise Paré's collected works, Les oeuvres de M. Ambroise Paré, in Paris, including some of the earliest descriptions of forensic medicine.

Publications

• Cornelius Gemma publishes in Antwerp.

Deaths

• Tomás de Mercado, Spanish economist and theologian (born 1525)
• Costanzo Varolio, Italian anatomist and a papal physician to Gregory XIII (born 1543)

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