The year 1569 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

* A

lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...

is observed by Cornelius Gemma.

Cartography

* The

Mercator projection The Mercator projection () is a cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection for navigation because it is unique in representing north as up and sou ...

is first used in

Gerardus Mercator Gerardus Mercator (; 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer and cartographer from the County of Flanders. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented ...

's world map ''Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata''.

Chemistry

Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He w ...

' major text on chemistry, ''Archidoxa'', is published posthumously in Kraków in Latin translation by

Adam Schröter Adam Schröter (c. 1525, in Zittau – c. 1572, in Kežmarok) was a Silesian humanist, poet, and alchemist, known in particular for his Latin translations of Paracelsus. Biography Adam Schröter was born in the Lusatian town of Zittau around 1525. ...

Physiology and medicine

Girolamo Mercuriale Girolamo Mercuriale or Mercuriali ( it, Geronimo Mercuriali; la, Hieronymus Mercurialis, Hyeronimus Mercurialis) (September 30, 1530 – November 8, 1606) was an Italian philologist and physician, most famous for his work ''De Arte Gymnastica''. ...

publishes '' De Arte Gymnastica'' in

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, covering the ancient history and current practice of physical exercise.

Economics

Tomás de Mercado Tomás de Mercado (1525–1575) was a Spanish Dominican friar and both an economist and a theologian, best known for his book ''Summa de Tratos y Contratos'' ("Manual of Deals and Contracts") of 1571. Together with Martín de Azpilcueta he found ...

publishes ''De los tratos de India y tratantes en ellas'', linking the Price revolution to the influx of American gold.

Publications

* Cornelius Gemma publishes ' in

Antwerp Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,

Births

* Muzio Oddi, Italian mathematician (died

1639 Events January–March * January 14 – Connecticut's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders, is adopted. * January 19 – Hämeenlinna ( sv, Tavastehus) is granted privileges, after it separates from the Vanaja parish, ...

) *2 November –

Epifanio Ferdinando Epifanio Ferdinando (1569–1638) was an Italian physician of the Renaissance. He is known to medical historians for his detailed discussion of tarantism. Biography Epifanio Ferdinando was born in Mesagne, in the Terra di Otranto, on 2 Novemb ...

, Italian physician (died

1638 Events January–March * January 4 – **A naval battle takes place in the Indian Ocean off of the coast of Goa at South India as a Netherlands fleet commanded by Admiral Adam Westerwolt decimates the Portuguese fleet. **A fleet of 80 ...

)

References

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