1532 in science

The year 1532 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

List of years in science (table)
… 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1529 1530 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1537 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 …
Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science +...
	v t e

Astronomy

• Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Ein Bericht der Kurtzer Observation unnd urtels des Jűngst erschinnen Cometen (on his observations of comets) and Quadrans astronomicus Apiani (on the astronomical quadrant).

Botany

• Otto Brunfels publishes a book of herbs.^[1]
• Sugar cane first cultivated in Brazil.^[1]
• Gherardo Cibo begins his herbarium, the oldest still surviving.^[2]

Geography

• Jacob Ziegler publishes his principal geographical treatise, Quae intus continentur Syria, Palestina, Arabia, Aegyptus, Schondia, Holmiae... at Strasbourg.^[3]

Births

• John Hawkins, English navigator (died 1595)
• Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (died 1592)

Deaths

• Diego de Ordaz, Spanish explorer (born 1480)