1529 in science
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The year 1529 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- Petrus Apianus publishes Introductio Cosmographiae, cum quibusdam Geometriae ac Astronomiae principiis eam necessariis ad rem in Ingolstadt.
Chemistry
- Fluorine is first described by Georgius Agricola.{{cite book|last=Emsley|first=John|title=Nature's Building Blocks: an A–Z guide to the elements|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-Xu07p3cKwC|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0-19-850341-5|page=146}}
- The alchemical text Kunst- und recht Alchämei-Büchlein is published in Worms.{{cite book|first=Bernard|last=Grun|title=The Timetables of History|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1991|isbn=0-671-74919-6|page=237|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun}}
Technology
- Michelangelo is appointed to reconstruct the fortifications of Florence.{{cite journal|title="Dal disegno allo spazio": Michelangelo's Drawings for the Fortifications of Florence|first=William E.|last=Wallace|journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|volume=46|year=1987|issue=2|pages=119–134|doi=10.2307/990181|jstor=990181}}
Births
- April 3 – Michael Neander, German mathematician (died 1581)
- April 25 – Franciscus Patricius (born Franjo Petriš), Venetian philosopher and scientist of Croatian descent (died 1597)
- December 16 – Laurent Joubert, French physician (died 1582)
- 1529 or 1530 – Julius Caesar Aranzi, Bolognese anatomist (died 1589)
Deaths
- Hans von Gersdorff, German surgeon (born c.1455)