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* February 24 - [[Johann Weyer]], Dutch physician and occultist (b. [[1515 in science|1515]]) |
* February 24 - [[Johann Weyer]], Dutch physician and occultist (b. [[1515 in science|1515]]) |
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* March 10 - [[Theodor Zwinger]] the elder, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] philosopher, physician and encylopedist (b. [[1533 |
* March 10 - [[Theodor Zwinger]] the elder, [[Switzerland|Swiss]] philosopher, physician and encylopedist (b. [[1533 in science|1533]]) |
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* May 5 - [[Giorgio Biandrata]], Italian court physician (b. 1515) |
* May 5 - [[Giorgio Biandrata]], Italian court physician (b. 1515) |
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* [[Leonardo Fioravanti (doctor)|Leonardo Fioravanti]], [[Bologna|Bolognese]] physician (b. c.[[1518 in science|1518]]) |
* [[Leonardo Fioravanti (doctor)|Leonardo Fioravanti]], [[Bologna|Bolognese]] physician (b. c.[[1518 in science|1518]]) |
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The year 1588 in science and technology, Armada year, included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- Tycho Brahe publishes De mundi aetheri recentioribus phaenomenis in Uraniborg.
- Giovanni Paolo Gallucci publishes his star atlas Theatrum Mundi et Temporis.
History of science
- October 7 - The first biography of Nicolaus Copernicus (d. 1543) is completed by Bernardino Baldi.
Mathematics
- Ferdinando I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, appoints Galileo to the professorship of mathematics at the University of Pisa.
Medicine
- Joachim Camerarius the younger publishes Hortus medicus.[1]
- Thomas Muffet publishes Nosomantica Hippocratea.
Technology
- Agostino Ramelli publishes Le diverse et artificiose Machine… Dal Ponte Della Tresia Ingegniero del Christianissimo Re di Francia et di Pollonia in Paris.
Births
- May 2 - Étienne Pascal, French mathematician (d. 1651)
- May 13 - Ole Worm, Danish physician and antiquary (d. 1655)
- September 8 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
- December 10 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch philosopher and scientist (d. 1637)
- Jean-Jacques Chifflet, French physician and antiquary (d. 1660)
- Jan Janssonius, Dutch cartographer (d. 1664)
- Cassiano dal Pozzo, Italian scholar and patron (d. 1657)
Deaths
- February 24 - Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
- March 10 - Theodor Zwinger the elder, Swiss philosopher, physician and encylopedist (b. 1533)
- May 5 - Giorgio Biandrata, Italian court physician (b. 1515)
- Leonardo Fioravanti, Bolognese physician (b. c.1518)
- Jacques Le Moyne, French scientific illustrator (b. c.1533)
- Bernardino Telesio, Italian philosopher and natural scientist (b. 1509)
References
- ^ Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 261. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.