1560 in science
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The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
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Events
- The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.[1][2][3]
Astronomy
- August 21 – A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.
Biology
- The Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium.
Births
- January 17 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (died 1624)
- June 25 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634)
- undated – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (died 1647)
- approx date
- Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621)
- Hugh Myddelton, Welsh-born goldsmith and hydraulic engineer (died 1631)
