The year 1575 in
science
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and
technology
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included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
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Cornelius Gemma is credited with publishing the first scientific illustration of the
aurora, in his discussion of
the 1572 supernova.
Geology
* December 16 –
Valdivia earthquake in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
Mathematics
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Guilielmus Xylander
Wilhelm Xylander (born Wilhelm Holtzman, graecized to Xylander; 26 December 153210 February 1576) was a German classical scholar and humanist. He served as rector of Heidelberg University in 1564.
Biography
Born at Augsburg, he studied at Tübin ...
uses parallel vertical lines to indicate
equality.
Medicine
* First publication of
Ambroise Paré
Ambroise Paré (c. 1510 – 20 December 1590) was a French barber surgeon who served in that role for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III. He is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology and a p ...
's collected works, ''Les oeuvres de M. Ambroise Paré'', in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
, including some of the earliest descriptions of
forensic medicine
Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...
.
Publications
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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, .
Deaths
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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 ...
, Spanish economist and theologian (born
1525
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Year 1525 (Roman numerals, MDXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 21 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Con ...
)
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Costanzo Varolio
Costanzo Varolio, Latinized as Constantius Varolius (1543–1575), was an Italian anatomist and a papal physician to Gregory XIII.
Varolio was born in Bologna. He was a pupil of the anatomist Giulio Cesare Aranzio, himself a pupil of Vesali ...
, Italian anatomist and a papal physician to
Gregory XIII (born
1543
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Year 1543 ( MDXLIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It is one of the years sometimes referred to as an "Annus mirabilis" because of its significant publications in sc ...
)
References
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