1573 in science
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The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
[edit] Astronomy
- Tycho Brahe publishes De Stella Nova, thus coining the term nova.
[edit] Births
- January 10 - Simon Marius, German astronomer who named the Galilean moons of Jupiter (d. 1624).
- July 12 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer who observed sunspots (d. 1650).
[edit] Deaths
- April 29 - Guillaume Le Testu, French privateer, explorer and cartographer (b. c.1509) (beheaded by Spanish troops in Panama).
- July 29 - John Caius, English physician and benefactor (b. 1510).
