1533 in science

The year 1533 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• Petrus Apianus publishes at Ingolstadt Apiani horoscopion (on the solar quadrant), Buch Instrument (on astronomical instruments) and Folium populi (on the portable sundial).

Botany

• Rembert Dodoens publishes his Herbarium.

Exploration

• October 30 – The Concepción and San Lázaro, on the instruction of Hernán Cortés, leave Manzanillo to explore the Pacific Ocean.
• Fortún Ximénez is the first European known to land in Baja California (where he is killed by natives).

History of science

• Georgius Agricola publishes De Mensuis et Ponderibus on the weights and measures of Classical antiquity.

Mathematics

• First printed edition of Euclid's Elements in the original Greek published in Basel, including integral diagrams and the first printing of Proclus' commentary on the first book.
• Gemma Frisius publishes De Locorum describendorum ratione at Anvers, containing the first known statement of the principles of triangulation and a means for determining longitude.

Technology

• Antonio da Sangallo the Younger constructs the Fortezza da Basso in Florence, considered as a model in bastion fortress design.^[1]

Births

• August 2 – Theodor Zwinger the elder, Swiss philosopher, physician and encyclopedist (died 1588)
• November 23 – Prospero Alpini, Venetian-born physician and botanist (died 1617)
• Approx. date
  • Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, French scientific illustrator (died 1588)
  • Friedrich Risner, German mathematician (died 1580)
  • Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Dutch nautical chartmaker (died 1606)

Deaths

• May 31 – Ambrosius Ehinger, Bavarian explorer of South America (born c. 1500)
• August 16 – Diogo Ribeiro, Portuguese-Spanish cartographer and explorer (b. unknown)
• Johannes Ruysch, cartographer (born c. 1460?)

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