1516 in science
The year 1516 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy and space science
- The fall of the Nantan meteorite is possibly observed near the city of Nantan, Nandan County, Guangxi.
Exploration
- January – The Río de la Plata is first explored by Europeans when Spanish navigator Juan Díaz de Solís traverses it during his search for a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Births
- March 26 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist
- November 5 – Martin Helwig, Silesian cartographer
- Realdo Colombo, Italian anatomist
Deaths
- December 13 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer