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1536 In Science
The year 1536 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Botany * Charles Estienne publishes ''Seminarium, et Plantarium fructiferarum praesertim arborum quae post hortos conseri solent, Denuo auctum & locupletatum. Huic accessit alter libellus de conserendis arboribus in seminario: deque iis in plantarium transserendis atque inserendis'' in Paris. * Jean Ruelle publishes ''De Natura stirpium libri tres'' in Paris, the first general descriptive botany to be printed. Exploration * July 15 – Jacques Cartier's expedition returns to Saint-Malo. * End of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca's expedition in the Americas. Mathematics * Adam Ries publishes his book of tables for calculating everyday prices ''Ein Gerechent Büchlein auff den Schöffel Eimer vnd Pfundtgewicht…'' Physiology and medicine * German physician Johann Dryander (Eichmann) publishes ''Anatomia capitis humani'' in Marburg, the first book on the anatomy of the human head. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science
Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, 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 Common Era, 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 Universe, physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of History of science in classical antiquity, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian People
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1606 In Science
The year 1606 in science and technology involved some significant events. Cryptography * The cryptographic text ''Steganographia'', written by Johannes Trithemius c.1499/1500, is published in Frankfurt. Exploration * February 26 ** Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon makes the first confirmed sighting of Australia by a European. ** Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the Pitcairn Islands. * March – The Dutch ship ''Duyfken'', under Captain Willem Janszoon, explores the western coast of Cape York Peninsula. * May – Pedro Fernandes de Queirós discovers the islands of Vanuatu; believing them to be Australia, he names them '. * October – Luís Vaz de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait. Mathematics * Giovanni Antonio Magini devises trigonometric tables of high accuracy. Physics * ''Approx. date'' – Galileo invents a thermometer based on the expansion of gas. Technology * The first recorded instance of a bayonet published in the Chinese mili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French People
The French people (french: Français) are an ethnic group and nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France. The French people, especially the native speakers of langues d'oïl from northern and central France, are primarily the descendants of Gauls (including the Belgae) and Romans (or Gallo-Romans, western European Celtic and Italic peoples), as well as Germanic peoples such as the Franks, the Visigoths, the Suebi and the Burgundians who settled in Gaul from east of the Rhine after the fall of the Roman Empire, as well as various later waves of lower-level irregular migration that have continued to the present day. The Norse also settled in Normandy in the 10th century and contributed significantly to the ancestry of the Normans. Furthermore, regional ethnic minorities also exist within France that have distinct lineages, languages and cultures such as Bretons in Brittany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri De Monantheuil
Henri is an Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Luxembourgish form of the masculine given name Henry. People with this given name ; French noblemen :'' See the 'List of rulers named Henry' for Kings of France named Henri.'' * Henri I de Montmorency (1534–1614), Marshal and Constable of France * Henri I, Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d'Este * Henri II, Duke of Nemours (1625–1659), the seventh Duc de Nemours * Henri, Count of Harcourt (1601–1666), French nobleman * Henri, Dauphin of Viennois (1296–1349), bishop of Metz * Henri de Gondi (other) * Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555–1623), member of the powerful House of La Tour d'Auvergne * Henri Emmanuel Boileau, baron de Castelnau (1857–1923), French mountain climber * Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born 1955), the head of state of Luxembourg * Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French Huguenot soldier and diplomat, one of the principal commanders of Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
