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The year 1586 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

The last time Mercury and Venus transit the sun at the same time.^[1]

Botany

Jacques Daléchamps publishes Historia generalis plantarum in Lyon, describing 2,731 plants, a record number for this time.

Cryptography

Blaise de Vigenère publishes Traicté des chiffres ou secretes manières d'escrire in Paris, describing an autokey cipher of his invention.

Exploration

July 21 – Thomas Cavendish sets out from Plymouth in the Desire on the first deliberately planned circumnavigation.^[2]

Mathematics

Francesco Barozzi publishes Admirandum illud geometricum problema tredecim modis demonstratum quod docet duas lineas in eodem plano designare, a treatise on the construction of parallel lines.

Medicine

Timothy Bright publishes A Treatise of Melancholie; containing the causes thereof, & reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our minds and bodies: with the phisicke cure, and spirituall consolation... in London.

Physics

Galileo publishes La Billancetta, describing an accurate balance to weigh objects in air or water.^[3]
Simon Stevin publishes De Beghinselen der Weeghconst in Leiden, discussing static forces; and De Beghinselen des Waterwichts, discussing the weight of water.

Births

February 26 – Niccolò Cabeo, Italian polymath (died 1650)
December 6 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (died 1670)^[4]
John Mason, English explorer (died 1635)
Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni, Italian military engineer and astronomer (died 1654)
approx. date – Guy de La Brosse, French physician and botanist (died 1641)

Deaths

January 9 – Paul Wittich, German astronomer and mathematician (born c. 1546)
January 22 - Louis Duret, French physician (born 1527)
May 29 – Adam Lonicer, German botanist (born 1528)
June 1 − Martín de Azpilcueta, Spanish theologian and economist (born 1491)
October 19 – Ignazio Danti, Italian mathematician and astronomer (born 1536)

References

^ "Venus to cross face of sun in a once-in-a-lifetime event in June". m.digitaljournal.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 261. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
^ "Hydrostatic balance". The Galileo Project. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
^ "Niccolò Zucci - Italian astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[1] "Venus to cross face of sun in a once-in-a-lifetime event in June". m.digitaljournal.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[2] Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 261. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.

[3] "Hydrostatic balance". The Galileo Project. Retrieved 2008-07-17.

[4] "Niccolò Zucci - Italian astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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+* The last time [[Transit of Mercury|Mercury]] and [[Transit of Venus|Venus]] [[Transit (astronomy)|transit]] the sun at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |title=Venus to cross face of sun in a once-in-a-lifetime event in June |url=http://m.digitaljournal.com/article/324025 |website=m.digitaljournal.com |access-date=15 April 2021}}</ref>
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+* July 21 – [[Thomas Cavendish]] sets out from [[Plymouth]] in the ''Desire'' on the first deliberately planned [[circumnavigation]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun/page/261 261]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}</ref>
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-* [[Timothy Bright]] publishes ''A Treatise of Melancholie; containing the causes thereof, & reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our minds and bodies: with the phisicke cure, and spirituall consolation...'' in [[London]].
+* [[Timothy Bright]] publishes ''A Treatise of Melancholie; containing the causes thereof, & reasons of the strange effects it worketh in our minds and bodies: with the {{Not a typo|phisicke}} cure, and spirituall consolation...'' in [[London]].
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 ==Births==
 * February 26 – [[Niccolò Cabeo]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[polymath]] (died [[1650 in science|1650]])
-* December 6 – [[Niccolò Zucchi]], Italian [[astronomer]] (died [[1670 in science|1670]])
+* December 6 – [[Niccolò Zucchi]], Italian [[astronomer]] (died [[1670 in science|1670]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Niccolò Zucci - Italian astronomer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Zucchi|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|accessdate=5 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
 * [[John Mason (governor)|John Mason]], [[English people|English]] explorer (died [[1635 in science|1635]])
 * [[Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni]], Italian military engineer and astronomer (died [[1654 in science|1654]])
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 ==Deaths==
 * January 9 – [[Paul Wittich]], [[German people|German]] astronomer and [[mathematician]] (born c. [[1546 in science|1546]])
+* January 22 - [[Louis Duret]], [[French people|French]] [[physician]] (born [[1527 in science|1527]])
 * May 29 – [[Adam Lonicer]], German botanist (born [[1528 in science|1528]])
+* June 1 − [[Martín de Azpilcueta]], Spanish theologian and economist (born [[1491]])
 * October 19 – [[Ignazio Danti]], Italian mathematician and astronomer (born [[1536 in science|1536]])
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