1519 in science

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The year 1519 in science and technology included cmany events, some of which are listed here.

Contents

1 Exploration
2 Medicine
3 Births
4 Deaths
5 References

Exploration

September 20 - Ferdinand Magellan's fleet sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to find a westabout route to Asia.

Medicine

A pandemic spreads from the Greater Antilles into Central America, and perhaps as far as Peru, killing much of the indigenous populations in these areas.^[1]

Births

June 6 - Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (d. 1603)

Deaths

May 2 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath (b. 1452)

References

^ Crosby, Alfred W., Jr. (1972). The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0837158214.