1560 in science

The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Events

• The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.^[1][2][3]

Astronomy

• August 21 – A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.

Biology

• The
  Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium
  .

• January 17 –
  botanist (died 1624
  )
• June 25 –
  German surgeon (died 1634
  )
• undated – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (died 1647)
• approx date
  • ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621
    )
  • hydraulic engineer (died 1631
    )

• William Shakespeare's grandfather; Richard Shakespeare died from natural causes, on 23 April.
• November 15 − Domingo de Soto, Spanish priest and philosopher.

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