1590 in science

The year 1590 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Botany

• Establishment of Hortus Botanicus Leiden. Its director was Carolus Clusius.

Births

• Marie Fouquet, French medical writer (died 1681)
• approx. date – Giovanni Battista Zupi, Italian astronomer (died 1650)

Deaths

• August 25 – Giulio Alessandrini, Italian physician, author, and poet (born 1506).
• December 20 – Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (born c. 1510).

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