1584 in science

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The year 1584 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Astronomy 2 Cartography 3 Exploration 4 Mathematics 5 Medicine 6 Technology 7 Other events 8 Births 9 Deaths 10 References

Astronomy

• Completion of Tycho Brahe's subterranean observatory at Stjerneborg.
• Giordano Bruno, in England, publishes his "Italian Dialogues", including the cosmological tracts La Cena de le Ceneri ("The Ash Wednesday Supper"), De la Causa, Principio et Uno ("On Cause, Principle and Unity") and De l'Infinito Universo et Mondi ("On the Infinite Universe and Worlds").

Cartography

• Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer publishes the first atlas of nautical charts, Spieghel der zeevaerdt (Mariner's Mirror).
• The Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci, in Zhaoqing, produces the first Chinese world map, on wood, Yudi Shanhai Quantu (舆地山海全图).^[1]
• Abraham Ortelius publishes Itinerarium per nonnullas Galliæ Belgicæ partes in Anvers.

Exploration

• June 4 - Walter Ralegh sends Phillip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe to explore the Outer Banks of Virginia (now North Carolina), with a view to establishing an English colony; they locate Roanoke Island.^[2]

Mathematics

• Jean Errard publishes Premier livre des instruments mathématiques at Nancy.
• Fabrizio Mordente publishes Il Signor del Compasso Fabritio Mordente. Con altri istromenti mathematici, suo fratello Gasparo da ritrovati at Anvers and introduces the parallel rulers.

Medicine

• Jacques Guillemeau publishes his ophthalmology textbook Traite des maladies de l'oeil.
• Thomas Muffet publishes De jure et praestantia chemicorum medicamentorum.

Technology

• March 12 - Louis de Foix begins construction of Cordouan lighthouse on the Gironde estuary.^[2]

Other events

• Academy of Sciences established in Lucca.
• Nikola Vitov Gučetić publishes Sopra le Metheore d' Aristotile giving explanations for the causes of winds and of the movement of air in caves.

Births

• March 22? - Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Flemish mathematician (d. 1667)
• William Baffin, English explorer (d. 1622)
• Walter Rumsey, Welsh judge and amateur scientist (d. 1660)

Deaths

• June 13 - János Zsámboky, Hungarian physician and scholar (b. 1531)
• July 12 - Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525)

References