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1575 in science
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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.[1]
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 De naturae divinis characterismis in Antwerp.[2]
Deaths
- Tomás de Mercado, Spanish economist and theologian (born 1525)
- Costanzo Varolio, Italian anatomist and a papal physician to Gregory XIII (born 1543)
References
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