1572 in science

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The year 1572 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">1572</span> Calendar year

Year 1572 (MDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1570s</span> Decade

The 1570s decade ran from January 1, 1570, to December 31, 1579.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1602</span> Calendar year

1602 (MDCII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1602nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 602nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 2nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1600s decade. As of the start of 1602, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1510</span> Calendar year

Year 1510 (MDX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1502</span> Calendar year

Year 1502 (MDII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barnstable County, Massachusetts</span> County in Massachusetts, United States

Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 228,996. Its shire town is Barnstable. The county consists of Cape Cod and associated islands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Bartholomew's Day massacre</span> 1572 killing of Huguenots in France

The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572 was a targeted group of assassinations and a wave of Catholic mob violence, directed against the Huguenots during the French Wars of Religion. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Queen Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the massacre started a few days after the marriage on 18 August of the king's sister Margaret to the Protestant Henry of Navarre. Many of the wealthiest and most prominent Huguenots had gathered in largely Catholic Paris to attend the wedding.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bartholomew Gosnold</span> English barrister, explorer, and privateer (1571–1607)

Bartholomew Gosnold was an English barrister, explorer and privateer who was instrumental in founding the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown in colonial America. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod. He is considered by Preservation Virginia to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia".

The year 1607 in science and technology involved some significant events.

<i>Godspeed</i> (ship) Ship of the English Virginia Company

Godspeed, under Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, was one of the three ships on the 1606–1607 voyage to the New World for the English Virginia Company of London. The journey resulted in the founding of Jamestown in the new Colony of Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cuttyhunk Island</span> Island in Massachusetts, US

Cuttyhunk Island is the outermost of the Elizabeth Islands in Massachusetts. A small outpost for the harvesting of sassafras was occupied for a few weeks in 1602, arguably making it the first English settlement in New England. Cuttyhunk is located between Buzzards Bay to the north and Vineyard Sound to the south. Penikese Island and Nashawena Island are located to the north and east respectively.

John Brereton was a gentleman adventurer and chronicler of the 1602 voyage to the New World led by Bartholomew Gosnold.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bartholomew (name)</span> Name list

Bartholomew is an English or Jewish given name that derives from the Aramaic name meaning "son of Talmai". Bar is Aramaic for "son", and marks patronyms. Talmai either comes from telem "furrow" or is a Hebrew version of Ptolemy. Thus Bartholomew is either "son of furrows" or "son of Ptolemy".

Events from the 1570s in England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shelley, Suffolk</span> Human settlement in England

Shelley is a small village and civil parish in Suffolk, England. Located on the west bank of the River Brett around three miles south of Hadleigh, it is part of Babergh district. The population of the village was only minimal at the 2011 Census and is included in the civil parish of Higham.

Captain Bartholomew Gilbert was an English mariner who in 1602 served as co-captain on the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod. His decisions resulted in that expedition's failure to establish a colony there.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cornelius Gemma</span> Dutch astronomer and astrologer

CorneliusGemma was a Flemish physician, astronomer and astrologer, and the oldest son of cartographer and instrument-maker Gemma Frisius. He was a professor of medicine at Catholic University of Leuven, and shared in his father's efforts to restore ancient Ptolemaic practice to astrology, drawing on the Tetrabiblos.

Henry Gosnold, or Gosnell was an English-born lawyer who spent most of his very long life in Ireland. He sat in the Irish House of Commons and held office as Chief Justice of Munster and Deputy Admiralty judge for the same province. He is now mainly remembered for his friendship with Francis Bacon. He was also famous in his own lifetime for his wit: a few of his jokes still survive.

Gosnold is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. University of Otago Library exhibition note for The Earth & Beyond Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine ; Allen, R. H. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Bill Thayer's edition at LacusCurtius, "Cassiopeia."
  2. "Bartholomew Gosnold - English explorer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.