1565 in science
The year 1565 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Earth sciences
Medicine
- College of Physicians of London empowered to carry out human dissections.[1][2]
- The first hospital in the Philippines is established by the Spanish in Cebu.
- First publication of Dos libros ... (Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales or "Medical study of the products imported from our West Indian possessions") by Spanish physician and botanist Nicolás Monardes.
Technology
- October – The first Martello tower, the Torra di Mortella, designed by Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino (el Fratin), is completed as part of the Genovese defence system at Mortella (Myrtle) Point in Upper Corsica.[3]
- Roger Taverner writes his Arte of surveyinge.
Births
- April 2 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599)
- November 10 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (died 1646)
- Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, navigator (died 1614)
Deaths
- December 13 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (born 1516)
gollark: You can pick up broadcast FM radio on basically any remotely okay antenna, at least.
gollark: Wild guess: pulsing it really fast? No idea if that's possible.
gollark: There's a new standard for 12V-only PSUs too.
gollark: <https://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/118141/high-frequency-blinking-leds-and-sensor-for-that> says that they probably can.
gollark: I'm not sure of the context of this, but there are probably microcontrollers or whatever which could do Bluetooth and not need some dedicated receiver on the other end.
References
- Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 249.
- Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 153–156. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- Vigano, Marino (2001). "Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino and the Tower at Mortella Point, Corsica (1563)". Fort. Fortress Study Group. 29: 41–57.
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