1514 in science
The year 1514 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.Events
- June 13 – Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, built at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England, is dedicated.
- The following are established at the Cortile del Belvedere in the Apostolic Palace in Rome under the patronage of Pope Leo X:
- * Leonardo da Vinci, who concentrates on scientific research.
- * Hanno, a white Asian elephant, a gift from King Manuel I of Portugal, which is drawn by Raphael.
- Johannes Werner publishes his translation of Ptolemy's Geography, Nova Translatio Primi Libri Geographicae Cl. Ptolomaei, containing the Werner map projection and proposing use of the cross-staff for marine navigation.
Births
- February 16 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, cartographer and scientific instrument maker
- December 31 – Vesalius, Flemish anatomist "the father of modern anatomy"
- Francisco Hernández de Toledo, physician and botanist
Deaths
- November 28 – Hartmann Schedel, cartographer
