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<h2 id="medicine">Medicine</h2> <ul><li><i>approx. date</i> – Establishment of <a href="/facts/St_Thomas%2527s_Hospital_Medical_School/KHYdej50">St Thomas's Hospital Medical School</a> in <a href="/facts/London/KozCCsy9">London</a>.</li></ul> <h2 id="technology">Technology</h2> <ul><li>Commencement of laying out of gardens at the <a href="/facts/Villa_d%2527Este/fdHTlGYz">Villa d'Este</a>, <a href="/facts/Tivoli%2c_Italy/D7nc0Mw1">Tivoli, Italy</a>, for Cardinal <a href="/facts/Ippolito_II_d%2527Este/JVgksIFv">Ippolito II d'Este</a> with sophisticated hydraulic features<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> designed by Tommaso Chiruchi with Claude Venard.</li></ul> <h2 id="publications">Publications</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gerolamo_Cardano/djTqLl2V">Gerolamo Cardano</a> publishes his comprehensive survey of the natural sciences, <i>De subtilitate</i>, in <a href="/facts/Nuremberg/Bht6TsP4">Nuremberg</a>.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Giovanni_Battista_Ramusio/64BYPFpD">Giovanni Battista Ramusio</a> begins publication of <i>Navigationi et Viaggi</i> ("Navigations and Travels"), a collection of explorers' first-hand accounts of their travels, the first work of its kind.</li></ul> <h2 id="births">Births</h2> <ul><li>September 30 – <a href="/facts/Michael_Maestlin/6HN2czj9">Michael Maestlin</a>, <a href="/facts/German_people/F7mBCrJ4">German</a> <a href="/facts/Astronomer/ronF8j4a">astronomer</a> and <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a> (died <a href="/facts/1631_in_science/D7HVBA0p">1631</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/John_Napier/Wg0HAmq5">John Napier</a>, <a href="/facts/Scottish_people/0rp2bd12">Scottish</a> mathematician (died <a href="/facts/1617_in_science/oAvr5E64">1617</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Anselmus_de_Boodt/keQBEHoc">Anselmus de Boodt</a>, <a href="/facts/Flemish_Region/vJgytzBQ">Flemish</a> <a href="/facts/Mineralogist/MeIK9lx9">mineralogist</a> and <a href="/facts/Physician/qJ3woFvG">physician</a> (died <a href="/facts/1632_in_science/0YnkS7bJ">1632</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Jacques_Guillemeau/qfyEyvpv">Jacques Guillemeau</a>, <a href="/facts/French_people/984axQ8y">French</a> <a href="/facts/Surgeon/Hm0R9t6n">surgeon</a> (died <a href="/facts/1613_in_science/fSfCQCsW">1613</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ferrante_Imperato/lDkyF1KD">Ferrante Imperato</a>, <a href="/facts/Naples/SXrFcg2C">Neapolitan</a> <a href="/facts/Natural_historian/pSlAvbTX">natural historian</a> (died <a href="/facts/1625_in_science/JR96SdbS">1625</a>)</li> <li><i>approximate date</i> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Willem_Barentsz/8QmveDyQ">Willem Barentsz</a>, <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Dutch</a> explorer (died <a href="/facts/1597_in_science/sYxgwaMS">1597</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Marin_le_Bourgeoys/HQBrtpWm">Marin le Bourgeoys</a>, French inventor and artist (died c.<a href="/facts/1634_in_science/TqYBczPG">1634</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <h2 id="deaths">Deaths</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sulaiman_Al_Mahri/qkRlsfgg">Sulaiman Al Mahri</a>, <a href="/facts/Arab/E77duPsg">Arab</a> <a href="/facts/Navigator/NgKARJJL">navigator</a> (born 1480 AD)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. pp. 106–7. ISBN 0-333-24827-9. <a href="0-333-24827-9" target="_blank">0-333-24827-9</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>