1570 in science

The year 1570 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

• February 15 – Venus occults Jupiter.

Cartography

• May 20 – Abraham Ortelius publishes Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, in Antwerp.
• Jean Cossin publishes a map of the world using sinusoidal projection in Dieppe.

Earth sciences

• February 8 – Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.
• Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.

Mathematics

• London haberdasher Henry Billingsley makes the first translation of Euclid's Elements into English (from the Greek), The elements of geometrie of the most ancient philosopher Euclide..., with a preface by John Dee and fold-up diagrams.^[1]

Medicine

• January 11: Francisco Hernández de Toledo was commissioned by Philip II of Spain to write a description of all the medicinal plants found in the American colonies.^[2][3]

Technology

• Giovanni Padovani publishes a detailed treatise on the construction of sundials, Opus de compositione et usu multiformium horologiorum solarium, in Venice

Deaths

• November 5 - Jacques Grévin French physician and playwright (born c. 1539).^[4]

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