1519 in science
The year 1519 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Exploration
- September 20 – Ferdinand Magellan's fleet sets sail from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to find a westabout route to Asia.
- "Miller Atlas" produced in Portugal.
Medicine
- A pandemic spreads from the Greater Antilles into Central America, and perhaps as far as Peru, killing much of the indigenous populations in these areas.
- Publication in Paris of Thomas Linacre's translation into Latin of Galen's Methodus medendi.
Births
Deaths
- May 2 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian polymath