History of science 1500 – 1599

Luther begins Reformation 1517
Ferdinand Magellan voyage of circumnavigation 1519-21
England defeats Spanish Armada 1588
Vesalius’s on the Structure of the human body – most accurate anatomy book
John Gerard publishes his comprehensive herbal
Galileo researches the laws
Governing falling bodies and pendulums
Stevinus conducts experiments for understanding gravity.
Copernicus puts forward the theory that the whole Universe circulates around the sun
Galileo first to use a telescope effectively and makes many new discoveries

Leonardo Da Vinci draws vertical take-off flying machine c. 1500
Compound microscope 1590
Thermometer 1592