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1573 in science
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The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Astronomy
- Tycho Brahe publishes De Stella Nova.[1]
Medicine
- Publication of the Chirurgia Magna of Paracelsus, a translation into Latin of his work on surgery, Die grosse Wundartzney (1536), in Basel, allowing its wider dissemination throughout Europe.[2]
Births
- January 10 â Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (died 1624)[3]
- July 25 â Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (died 1650)[4]
- September 28 â Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss-born physician (died 1655)[5]
Deaths
- April 29 â Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (born c. 1509)[6][7]
- July 29 â John Caius, English physician and benefactor (born 1510)[8]