1573 in science

Cover of the book "Treatise on Astronomy, and Cosmographia and Natural Philosophia," published by Juan Pérez de Moya in Alcalá de Henares, in 1573.

The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• Tycho Brahe publishes De Stella Nova. ^[1]

Medicine

• Publication of the Chirurgia Magna of Paracelsus, a translation into Latin of his work on surgery, Die grosse Wundartzney (1536), in Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe. ^[2]

Births

• January 10 – Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624) ^[3]
• July 25 – Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (died 1650) ^[4]
• September 28 – Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss-born physician (died 1655) ^[5]

Deaths

• April 29 – Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (born c. 1509) ^{[6] [7]}
• July 29 – John Caius, English physician and benefactor (born 1510) ^[8]

References

1. "Tycho Brahe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
2. Zimmerman, Leo M.; Veith, Iłża (1961). Great Ideas in the History of Surgery. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins.
3. "Simon Marius | German astronomer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
4. Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine; Jarrell, Richard; Marché, Jordan D.; Ragep, F. Jamil (2007). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1018. ISBN   978-0-387-30400-7.
5. Payne, J. Bertrand (2020). Haydn ́s Universal Index of Biography. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 373. ISBN   978-3-8460-4770-5.
6. Kaufmann, Miranda (2017). Black Tudors: The Untold Story. Simon and Schuster. p. 275. ISBN   978-1-78607-185-9.
7. Kelsey, Harry (2000). Sir Francis Drake: The Queen's Pirate. Yale University Press. p. 63. ISBN   978-0-300-08463-4.
8. "John Caius | British physician". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.