1534 in science
The year 1534 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- Oronce Finé publishes Quadrans astrolabicus in Paris.
Exploration
- April 20 – September 5 – Expedition of Jacques Cartier to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- * May 10 – Cartier reaches Newfoundland.
- * June 9 – Cartier is the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River.
Mathematics
- Petrus Apianus publishes Primi Mobilis Instrumentum in Nuremberg, on trigonometry and containing tables of sines.
Medicine
- Girolamo Fracastoro publishes Di Vini Temperatura.
- Stefan Falimierz publishes On Herbs and Their Potency .
Births
- September 28 − Samuel Eisenmenger, German physician and mathematician
- November 6 – Joachim Camerarius the Younger, German physician and botanist undated − Volcher Coiter, Dutch anatomist
Deaths
- December 13 − Paul of Middelburg, Flemish scientist and bishop
- December 23 – Otto Brunfels, German botanist