1570 in science

The year 1570 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

Astronomy

 * February 15 – Venus occults Jupiter.

Cartography

 * May 20 – Abraham Ortelius publishes Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, in Antwerp.
 * Jean Cossin publishes a map of the world using sinusoidal projection in Dieppe.

Earth sciences

 * February 8 – Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.
 * Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.

Mathematics

 * London haberdasher Henry Billingsley makes the first translation of Euclid's Elements into English (from the Greek), The elements of geometrie of the most ancient philosopher Euclide..., with a preface by John Dee and fold-up diagrams.

Medicine

 * January 11: Francisco Hernández de Toledo was commissioned by Philip II of Spain to write a description of all the medicinal plants found in the American colonies.

Technology

 * Giovanni Padovani publishes a detailed treatise on the construction of sundials, Opus de compositione et usu multiformium horologiorum solarium, in Venice

Deaths

 * November 5 - Jacques Grévin French physician and playwright (born c. 1539).