1572 in science
The year 1572 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- November 9 – A supernova, now designated as SN 1572, is first observed in the constellation Cassiopeia by Cornelius Gemma. Tycho Brahe, who notes it two days later, will use it to challenge the prevailing view that stars do not change.
Cartography
- Georg Braun begins publication of his urban atlas Civitates orbis terrarum in Cologne.
Mathematics
- Imaginary numbers defined by Rafael Bombelli.
Medicine
- Girolamo Mercuriale of Forlì writes the work De morbis cutaneis, the first scientific tract on dermatology.
Technology
Births
- November 25 – Daniel Sennert, German physician
- Johann Bayer, German uranographer
- Charles Bouvard, French herbalist
- Cornelius Drebbel, Dutch inventor
- Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer
Deaths
- August 26 – Petrus Ramus, French logician
- December 12 – Loredana Marcello, Venetian dogaressa and botanist.