1524 in science
The year 1524 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Exploration and geography
- January 17 – Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, on board La Dauphine in the service of Francis I of France, sets out from Madeira for the New World to seek out a westabout sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
- March 1 – da Verrazzano's expedition makes landfall at Cape Fear.
- April 17 – da Verrazzano's expedition makes the first European entry into New York Bay.
- July 8 – da Verrazzano's expedition returns to Dieppe.
- Petrus Apianus publishes Cosmographicus liber in Landshut, a popular textbook on navigation.
Mathematics
- Adam Ries publishes his algebraic text Coß.
Births
- September 7 – Thomas Erastus, Swiss physician and theologian probable date – Thomas Tusser, English chorister and agriculturalist