1565 in science
The year 1565 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Earth sciences
- Conrad Gessner publishes De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmod in Zürich.
Medicine
- College of Physicians of London empowered to carry out human dissections.
- The first hospital in the Philippines is established by the Spanish in Cebu.
- First publication of Dos libros... by Spanish physician and botanist Nicolás Monardes.
Technology
- October – The first Martello tower, the Torra di Mortella, designed by Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino, is completed as part of the Genovese defence system at Mortella Point in Upper Corsica.
- Roger Taverner writes his Arte of ''''.
Births
- April 2 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer
- November 10 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer
- Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, navigator