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The year 1542 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Cocteau</span> French writer and film director (1889–1963)

Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost artists of the surrealist, avant-garde, and Dadaist movements and an influential figure in early 20th century art. The National Observer suggested that, "of the artistic generation whose daring gave birth to Twentieth Century Art, Cocteau came closest to being a Renaissance man.".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1558</span> Calendar year

Year 1558 (MDLVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1497 (MCDXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Genet</span> French novelist, playwright, and poet (1910–1986)

Jean Genet was a French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and political activist. In his early life he was a vagabond and petty criminal, but he later became a writer and playwright. His major works include the novels The Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers and the plays The Balcony, The Maids and The Screens.

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1528.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean Fernel</span> 16th-century French physician

Jean François Fernel was a French physician who introduced the term "physiology" to describe the study of the body's function. He was the first person to describe the spinal canal. The lunar crater Fernelius is named after him.

Neurophysiology is a branch of physiology and neuroscience that studies nervous system function rather than nervous system architecture. This area aids in the diagnosis and monitoring of neurological diseases. Historically, it has been dominated by electrophysiology—the electrical recording of neural activity ranging from the molar to the cellular, such as patch clamp, voltage clamp, extracellular single-unit recording and recording of local field potentials. However, since the neuron is an electrochemical machine, it is difficult to isolate electrical events from the metabolic and molecular processes that cause them. Thus, neurophysiologists currently utilise tools from chemistry, physics, and molecular biology to examine brain activity.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau</span> French nobleman and army officer (1725–1807)

Marshal Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general whose army played a critical role in helping the United States defeat the British Army at Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. He was commander-in-chief of the French expeditionary force sent by France to help the American Continental Army fight against British forces.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arc measurement</span> Technique of determining the radius of Earth

Arc measurement, sometimes degree measurement, is the astrogeodetic technique of determining the radius of Earth – more specifically, the local Earth radius of curvature of the figure of the Earth – by relating the latitude difference and the geographic distance surveyed between two locations on Earth's surface. The most common variant involves only astronomical latitudes and the meridian arc length and is called meridian arc measurement; other variants may involve only astronomical longitude or both geographic coordinates . Arc measurement campaigns in Europe were the precursors to the International Association of Geodesy (IAG).

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals who have contributed to the history of Canada. The DCB, which was initiated in 1959, is a collaboration between the University of Toronto and Laval University. Fifteen volumes have so far been published with more than 8,400 biographies of individuals who died or whose last known activity fell between the years 1000 and 1930. The entire print edition is online, along with some additional biographies to the year 2000.

An astral spirit is a term used in spiritualism and holism and can be described as having a demonic influence and exist in space with no physical body. The Astral Spirit exists in what is called the Astral Plane. Depending on the time period and culture, the term can have several meanings. It was thought to be one of the three parts of the human soul that contained the "thoughts, cogitations, desires, imaginations that were impressed upon the mind at the time of death" as well as lust and anger. Philosopher's had different viewpoints and ideas of the Astral Spirits as Marsilio Ficino considered it to be a link between the physical body and soul, while others such as Jean Fernel associated it more with animal spirits. Philosopher Henry More introduced the term into the medical setting and considered the astral spirit to be a part of the body that was separate from the "rational soul" and viewed it as the "seat of impulses". He believed that man was responsible still for controlling these impulses and enthusiasm. Astral spirits have also been associated with spirit and witchcraft, specifically black magic, and was considered to be demonic in origin at one point. The term was also used in relation to the concept of ghosts and vampirism in the nineteenth century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montdidier, Somme</span> Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Montdidier is a commune in the Somme department in the administrative region of Hauts-de-France, northern France.

Johannes Zacharias Actuarius, son of Zacharias, was a Byzantine physician in Constantinople. He is given the title of Actuarius, a dignity frequently conferred at that court upon physicians.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guillaume de Baillou</span> French physician and founder of modern epidemiology

Guillaume de Baillou (1538–1616) was a French physician born in Paris. He was a member of the Baillou family, one of the oldest aristocratic families in Europe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Unión Tarapoto</span> Peruvian football club

Unión Tarapoto is a Peruvian football club that plays in the city of Tarapoto, San Martín, Peru.

The year 1528 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

The year 1558 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

The First Expedition of Blida took place from 22 to 24 July 1830, during the French conquest of Algeria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1558 in France</span> List of events

Events from the year 1558 in France

Jacques Gohory was a French aristocrat, writer, translator and occult philosopher. He also went by the Latinized form Jacobus Gohorius, the pseudonyms Orlande de Suave, Leo Suavius, Leo Suavis Solitarius and the initials J.G.P.

References

  1. "Jean François Fernel Biography". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Retrieved 2011-10-28.