1529 in science

Astronomy

• Petrus Apianus publishes Introductio Cosmographiae, cum quibusdam Geometriae ac Astronomiae principiis eam necessariis ad rem in Ingolstadt.

  Chemistry

• Fluorine is first described by Georgius Agricola.
• The alchemical text Kunst- und recht Alchämei-Büchlein is published in Worms.

  Technology

• Michelangelo is appointed to reconstruct the fortifications of Florence.

  Births

• April 3 – Michael Neander, German mathematician
• April 25 – Franciscus Patricius, Venetian philosopher and scientist of Croatian descent
• December 16 – Laurent Joubert, French physician
• 1529 or 1530 – Julius Caesar Aranzi, Bolognese anatomist

  Deaths

• Hans von Gersdorff, German surgeon