1590 in science
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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)[1]
- approx. date – Giovanni Battista Zupi, Italian astronomer (died 1650)[2]
Deaths
- August 25 – Giulio Alessandrini, Italian physician, author, and poet (born 1506).
- December 20 – Ambroise Paré, French surgeon (born c. 1510).[3]