1560 in science
The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.Events
- The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.
Astronomy
- August 21 – A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.
Biology
- The Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium.
Births
- January 17 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist
- June 25 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon
- undated – Charles Butler, English beekeeper
- approx date
- * Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician
- * Hugh Myddelton, Welsh-born goldsmith and hydraulic engineer
Deaths
- William Shakespeare's grandfather; Richard Shakespeare died from natural causes, on 23 April.
- November 15 − Domingo de Soto, Spanish priest and philosopher.
