1517 in science

The year 1517 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Medicine

 * A third epidemic of sweating sickness in England hits Oxford and Cambridge.
 * German surgeon Hans von Gersdorff publishes his Feldbuch der Wundarzney ("Field book of surgery").

Births

 * June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (died 1585)
 * October 5 – Leonardo Fioravanti, Bolognese physician (died 1588)
 * Pierre Belon, French naturalist (died 1564)
 * Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French mathematician (died 1582)

Deaths

 * Luca Pacioli, Florentine mathematician (b. c.1447)