1560 in science

The year 1560 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Events

 * The first scientific society, the Academia Secretorum Naturae, is founded in Naples by Giambattista della Porta.

Astronomy

 * August 21 – A total solar eclipse is observable in Europe.

Biology

 * The Old Botanical Garden, Zurich, originates as Conrad Gessner's private herbarium.

Births

 * January 17 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (died 1624)
 * June 25 – Wilhelm Fabry, German surgeon (died 1634)
 * undated – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (died 1647)
 * approx date
 * Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (died 1621)
 * Hugh Myddelton, Welsh-born goldsmith and hydraulic engineer (died 1631)

Deaths

 * William Shakespeare's grandfather; Richard Shakespeare died from natural causes, on 23 April.
 * November 15 − Domingo de Soto, Spanish priest and philosopher.