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1566 in science
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The year 1566 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Biology
- Rembert Dodoens publishes Frumentorum, leguminum, palustrium et aquatilium herbarum, ac eorum quae eo pertinent historia at Antwerp.
Civil engineering
- 1566–67 – Completion of "Stari Most" bridge crossing the Neretva at Mostar by the Ottoman Empire (builder: Mimar Hayruddin).
- Autumn – Probable completion of the Exeter Canal, the first in England, and with the first use of a pound lock in England (engineer: John Trew of Glamorgan).[1][2]
Navigation
- Pedro Nunes' work on navigation, Petri Nonii Salaciensis Opera, is published.
Events
- December 29 – Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, while studying at the University of Rostock in Mecklenburg, loses part of his nose in a duel with fellow nobleman and relation Manderup Parsberg over a mathematical formula.[3][4]
Births
- Giuseppe Biancani, Italian astronomer (died 1624)
- Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (died 1621)
- Michal Sedziwój, Polish alchemist (died 1636)
- Caterina Vitale, Maltese pharmacist (died 1619)
Deaths
- May 4 – Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (born 1490)
- May 10 – Leonhart Fuchs, German botanist (born 1501)
- July 2 – Nostradamus, French physician and astrologer (born 1503)
- July 30 – Guillaume Rondelet, French physician (born 1507)
References
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