The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Events The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.
Astronomy August 21 – A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.
Biology The Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium.
Births January 17 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (died 1624) June 25 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634) undated – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (died 1647) approx date Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621) Hugh Myddelton, Welsh-born goldsmith and hydraulic engineer (died 1631)
Deaths William Shakespeare's grandfather; Richard Shakespeare died from natural causes, on 23 April. November 15 − Domingo de Soto, Spanish priest and philosopher.
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