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1562 In Science
The year 1562 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Geography * Diego Gutiérrez and Hieronymus Cock published the map ''Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio''. Mathematics * Humphrey Baker's arithmetic textbook ''The Wellspring of Sciences'' first published in London. Births * April 24 – Xu Guangqi, Chinese polymath (died 1633) * October 4 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died 1647) Deaths * October 9 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523 Year 1523 ( MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. * ...) {{DEFAULTSORT:1562 In Science 16th century in science 1560s in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for scientific reasoning is tens of thousands of years old. The earliest written records in the history of science come from Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age and later by the efforts of Byzantine Greek scholars who brought Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danes
Danes ( da, danskere, ) are a North Germanic ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural. Danes generally regard themselves as a nationality and reserve the word "ethnic" for the description of recent immigrants, sometimes referred to as "new Danes". The contemporary Danish national identity is based on the idea of "Danishness", which is founded on principles formed through historical cultural connections and is typically not based on racial heritage. History Early history Denmark has been inhabited by various Germanic peoples since ancient times, including the Angles, Cimbri, Jutes, Herules, Teutones and others. The first mentions of " Danes" are recorded in the mid-6th century by historians Procopius ( el, δάνοι) and Jordanes (''danī''), who both refer to a tribe related to the Suetidi inhabiting the peninsula of Jutland, the province of Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1562 In Science
The year 1562 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Geography * Diego Gutiérrez and Hieronymus Cock published the map ''Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio''. Mathematics * Humphrey Baker's arithmetic textbook ''The Wellspring of Sciences'' first published in London. Births * April 24 – Xu Guangqi, Chinese polymath (died 1633) * October 4 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died 1647) Deaths * October 9 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523 Year 1523 ( MDXXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 20 – Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway. * ...) {{DEFAULTSORT:1562 In Science 16th century in science 1560s in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1523 In Science
{{Science year nav, 1523 The year 1523 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Publications * Pietro Aron publishes ''Thoscanello de la musica'' in Venice, including the first description of quarter-comma meantone. * Anthony Fitzherbert publishes ''The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements'' and ''The Boke of Husbandrie'' (the first work on agriculture published in England). * Thomas Linacre publishes his translation of Galen's ''De naturalibus facultatibus'' in London. * Maximilianus Transylvanus publishes ''De Moluccis Insulis'', the first account of the Magellan circumnavigation. Births *Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ... (died 1562) 16th century in science 1520s in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
