1516 in science

The year 1516 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy and space science

 * The fall of the Nantan meteorite is possibly observed near the city of Nantan, Nandan County, Guangxi (China).

Exploration

 * January – The Río de la Plata is first explored by Europeans when Spanish navigator Juan Díaz de Solís traverses it during his search for a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Births

 * March 26 – Conrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist (died 1565)
 * November 5 – Martin Helwig, Silesian cartographer (died 1574)
 * Realdo Colombo, Italian anatomist (died 1559)

Deaths

 * December 13 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (born 1462)