1590 in science

The year 1590 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Botany

 * Establishment of Hortus Botanicus Leiden. Its director was Carolus Clusius.

Births

 * Marie Fouquet, French medical writer (died 1681)
 * approx. date – Giovanni Battista Zupi, Italian astronomer (died 1650)

Deaths

 * August 25 – Giulio Alessandrini, Italian physician, author, and poet (born 1506).
 * December 20 – Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (born c. 1510).