1587 in science
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The year 1587 in science
and technology
included many events, some of which are listed here.
Science
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and technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
included many events, some of which are listed here.
Births
- January 5 - Xu XiakeXu XiakeXu Xiake , born Xu Hongzu , courtesy name Zhenzhi , was a Chinese travel writer and geographer of the Ming Dynasty known best for his famous geographical treatise, and noted for his bravery and humility. He traveled throughout China for more than 30 years, documenting his travels extensively...
, ChineseChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
explorer and geographer (d. 16411641 in scienceThe year 1641 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Technology:* The sealed thermometer is developed with Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, using a glass tube containing alcohol, which freezes well below the freezing point of water....
) - January 8 - Johannes FabriciusJohannes FabriciusJohann Fabricius , eldest son of David Fabricius , was a Frisian/German astronomer and a discoverer of sunspots , independently of Galileo Galilei.-Biography:...
, FrisianFrisiansThe Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia...
astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
(d. 16161616 in scienceThe year 1616 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Astronomy:* Galileo challenges the Catholic Church, saying Copernicus' theory of the Solar System is correct...
) - October 22 - Joachim JungiusJoachim JungiusJoachim Jungius was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher of sciences.-Life:He was a native of Lübeck...
, German mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, logician and philosopher of science (d. 16571657 in scienceThe year 1657 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Mathematics:* Christiaan Huygens writes the first book to be published on probability theory, De ratiociniis in ludo aleae .-Medicine:...
) - Song YingxingSong YingxingSong Yingxing , born in Yichun of Jiangxi, was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty . He was the author of an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons...
, Chinese encyclopedist (d. 16661666 in scienceThe year 1666 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Mathematics:* Sir Isaac Newton develops differential calculus.* Samuel Morland produces several designs of pocket calculating machine and also publishes A New Method of Cryptography.-Physics:* Sir Isaac Newton uses a prism to...
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Deaths
- Francisco Hernández de ToledoFrancisco Hernández de ToledoFrancisco Hernández de Toledo was a naturalist and court physician to the King of Spain....
, physicianPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and botanist (b. 15141514 in scienceThe year 1514 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.-Events:* June - Henry Grace à Dieu, at over 1,000 tons the largest warship in the world at this time, is launched at the new Woolwich Dockyard in England....
) - Humphrey BakerHumphrey BakerHumphrey Baker , was an English writer on arithmetic and astrology.-Biography:Baker was a Londoner. In 1562 he published The Wellspring of Sciences, said by Henry Phillippes, who edited and enlarged the work in 1670, to have been one of the first and "one of the best books on arithmetic which had...
, EnglishEnglish peopleThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
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