1528 in science
The year 1528 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Events
Exploration
- February – Diego García de Moguer explores the Sierra de la Plata along the Río de la Plata and begins to travel up the Paraná River.
- November 6 – Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and his companions become the first Europeans known to set foot on the territory of Texas.
- Jean Fernel publishes Cosmotheoria, including a means of determining a degree of arc of the meridian.
Medicine
- May – The fourth major outbreak of the sweating sickness occurs in England, also spreading to northern Europe.
Births
- October 10 – Adam Lonicer, German botanist, naturalist and physician
- Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician