1579 in science
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The year 1579 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Exploration
- June 17 â Francis Drake, during his circumnavigation of the world, lands in what is now California, which he claims for Queen Elizabeth I of England as Nova Albion.
Physiology and medicine
- Hieronymus Fabricius discovers the membranous folds that serve as valves in the veins.[1]
Births
- January 12 (bapt.) â Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (died 1644)
- July 13 â Arthur Dee, English physician and alchemist (died 1651)
Deaths
- June 17 â Johannes Stadius, Flemish mathematician and astronomer (born c. 1527)
- approx. date â Hans Staden, German adventurer (born c. 1525)