1580 in scienceJJapedia 編集部|更新日: 2026年8月4日The year 1580 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.AstronomyThe Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din is destroyed by Sultan Selim II.ExplorationSeptember 26 – Francis Drake in the Golden Hind sails into Plymouth having completed the second circumnavigation of the world, westabout, begun in 1577.MedicineSevere outbreak of smallpox in Venezuela: it strikes the Caracas and other Indians in the North and greatly weakens Indian resistance to the Spanish colonizing of the region.[1]GeologyApril 6 – Dover Straits earthquake.[2]BirthsJanuary 12 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemishchemist (died 1644)[3]December 1 – Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (died 1637)Peter Crüger, German polymath (died 1639)Willebrord Snellius, Dutch mathematician and physicist who devised the basic law of refraction, Snell's law (died 1626)DeathsMay 3 – Thomas Tusser, English chorister and agriculturalist (born c. 1524)September 15 – Friedrich Risner, German mathematician (born c. 1533)Giovanni Filippo Ingrassia, Siciliananatomist (born 1510).References↑George C. Kohn, Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence : From ancient times to the present, Infobase Publishing, 2007, p. 436.↑Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 160–162. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.↑"Jan Baptista van Helmont – Belgian scientist". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.Categories: 1580 in science16th century in science1580s in scienceHidden categories: Articles with short descriptionShort description is different from Wikidata関連するトピック関連science関連technology関連Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din関連Selim II
