1527 in science
The year 1527 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.Mathematics
- Petrus Apianus publishes a handbook of commercial arithmetic, Ein newe und wolgegründete underweisung aller Kauffmanns Rechnung in dreyen Büchern, mit schönen Regeln und fragstücken begriffen, at Ingolstadt.
Military science
- Albrecht Dürer publishes a treatise on fortifications, Etliche underricht zu Befestigung der Stett, Schloss und Flecken, in Nuremberg.
Births
- c. May 1 – Jan Van Ostaeyen, Flemish mathematician and astronomer
- July 13 – John Dee, English alchemist, astrologer and mathematician
Deaths
- January 21 – Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer
- July 28 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer
