1563 in science
Encyclopedia
The year 1563 in science
and technology
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Medicine and physiology
- June–October - Outbreak of bubonic plagueBubonic plaguePlague is a deadly infectious disease that is caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis, named after the French-Swiss bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin. Primarily carried by rodents and spread to humans via fleas, the disease is notorious throughout history, due to the unrivaled scale of death...
in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
kills over 20,000. - Bartolomeo EustachiBartolomeo EustachiBartolomeo Eustachi , also known by his Latin name of Eustachius, was one of the founders of the science of human anatomy.-Life:...
publishes De Renibus (including his discovery of the adrenal glands) and De Dentibus. - Garcia de OrtaGarcia de OrtaGarcia de Orta was a Portuguese Renaissance Sephardi Jewish physician and naturalist. He was a pioneer of tropical medicine.- Life :...
publishes Colóquios dos simples e drogas da IndiaColóquios dos simples e drogas da IndiaColóquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medicinais da Índia e assi dalgũas frutas achadas nella onde se tratam algũas cousas tocantes a medicina, pratica, e outras cousas boas pera saber Colóquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medicinais da Índia e assi dalgũas frutas achadas nella onde se tratam...
in GoaGoaGoa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, the first text in a Western language on tropical medicineTropical medicineTropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with health problems that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or prove more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions....
and drugs, including a classic description of choleraCholeraCholera is an infection of the small intestine that is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The main symptoms are profuse watery diarrhea and vomiting. Transmission occurs primarily by drinking or eating water or food that has been contaminated by the diarrhea of an infected person or the feces...
. - Felix WürtzFelix Würtz- Life :He was born in Zurich. The dates of his birth and death are insecure. The date of his birth was between approx. 1500 until approx. 1510, the date of his death between approx. 1590 and 1596. Würtz lived and practiced in Zurich and Strasbourg....
publishes his critical treatise on surgery, Praktika der Wundartzney, in BaselBaselBasel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
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Publications
- prob. date - Bernardino TelesioBernardino TelesioBernardino Telesio was an Italian philosopher and natural scientist.While his natural theories were later disproven, his emphasis on observation made him the "first of the moderns" who eventually developed thescientific method.-Biography:...
- De Rerum Natura Iuxta Propria Principia.
Births
- October 14 - Jodocus HondiusJodocus HondiusJodocus Hondius , sometimes called Jodocus Hondius the Elder to distinguish him from his son Henricus Hondius II, was a Flemish artist, engraver, and cartographer...
, FlemishFlemish peopleThe Flemings or Flemish are the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Belgium, where they are mostly found in the northern region of Flanders. They are one of two principal cultural-linguistic groups in Belgium, the other being the French-speaking Walloons...
cartographer (d. 16121612 in scienceThe year 1612 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* The first description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on observations by telescope is given by Simon Marius....
) - Louise Bourgeois BoursierLouise Bourgeois BoursierLouise Bourgeois Boursier or Louise Bourgeois or Louyse Bourgeous was a French midwife called The Scholar...
, FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
Royal midwifeMidwiferyMidwifery is a health care profession in which providers offer care to childbearing women during pregnancy, labour and birth, and during the postpartum period. They also help care for the newborn and assist the mother with breastfeeding....
(d. 16381636 in scienceThe year 1636 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Births:* Father Jacques Marquette, French explorer -Deaths:* February 22 - Sanctorius, Italian physiologist...
) - Yi Su-gwangYi Su-gwangYi Su-gwang , also known as Lee Sugwang, was a Korean sarim, a military official, and a diplomat of the Joseon Dynasty. He was also an academic and an encyclopedist who created Jibong yuseol, the earliest Korean encyclopedia.-Early life:...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n scholar-bureaucrat (d. 16281628 in scienceThe year 1628 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Medicine and physiology:* William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus.-Births:...
) - Walter WarnerWalter WarnerWalter Warner was an English mathematician and scientist.-Life:He was born in Leicestershire and educated at Merton College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1578....
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
scientist (d. 16431643 in scienceThe year 1643 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Meteorology:* Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.-Technology:* A microscope is developed by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek of Delft .-Births:...
) - approx. date
- Oswald CrollOswald CrollOswald Croll or Crollius was an alchemist, and professor of medicine at the University of Marburg in Hesse, Germany. A strong proponent of alchemy and using chemistry in medicine, he was heavily involved in writing books and influencing thinkers of his day towards viewing chemistry and alchemy as...
, German iatrochemistIatrochemistryIatrochemistry is a branch of both chemistry and medicine. Having its roots in alchemy, iatrochemistry seeks to provide chemical solutions to diseases and medical ailments....
(d. 16091609 in scienceThe year 1609 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* Johannes Kepler publishes Astronomia nova, containing his first two laws of planetary motion.-Exploration:...
) - William LeeWilliam Lee (inventor)William Lee was an English inventor who devised the first stocking frame knitting machine in 1589, the only one in use for centuries. Its principle of operation remains in use....
, English inventor (d. 16141614 in scienceThe year 1614 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Medicine:* Felix Plater gives a description of Dupuytren's contracture.* Sanctorius publishes De statica medicina, which will go through five editions in the following century....
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- Oswald Croll