1569 in science
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The year 1569 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- A lunar eclipse is observed by Cornelius Gemma.
Cartography
- The Mercator projection is first used in Gerardus Mercator's world map Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata.{{cite book|first=Nicholas|last=Crane|title=Mercator: the man who mapped the planet|location=London|publisher=Phoenix|year=2003|ISBN=0-7538-1692-X}}
Chemistry
- Paracelsus' major text on chemistry, Archidoxa, is published posthumously in Kraków in Latin translation by Adam Schröter.
Physiology and medicine
- Girolamo Mercuriale publishes De Arte Gymnastica in Venice, covering the ancient history and current practice of physical exercise.
Economics
- Tomás de Mercado publishes De los tratos de India y tratantes en ellas, linking the Price revolution to the influx of American gold.
Publications
- Cornelius Gemma publishes {{Lang|la|De arte cyclognomica}} in Antwerp.{{Cite web |url=http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/hermes/gemma.htm |title=Cornelius Gemma: Cosmology, Medicine and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Louvain conference proceedings. |access-date=2011-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006033611/http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/hermes/gemma.htm |archive-date=2011-10-06 |url-status=dead }}
Births
- Muzio Oddi, Italian mathematician (died 1639){{cite book|first=Alexander|last=Marr|title=Between Raphael and Galileo: Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2011|isbn=978-0-226-50628-9}}
- 2 November – Epifanio Ferdinando, Italian physician (died 1638)