1589 in science

Astronomy

• Giovanni Antonio Magini's Novæ cœlestium orbium theoricæ congruentes cum observationibus N. Copernici is published in Venice, presenting a geocentric system of celestial spheres in opposition to the Copernican model.

  Botany

• Establishment of a botanical garden in Basel.

  Exploration

• Publication of Richard Hakluyt's The Principal Navigations, Voiages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation begins.

  Medicine

• Publication of Oswald Gabelchover's Artzneybuch in Tübingen. This medical textbook will go through at least eight editions.

  Births

Deaths

• January – Thomas Penny, English botanist and entomologist
• April 7 – Julius Caesar Aranzi, Italian anatomist
• Probable date – Bernard Palissy, French ceramicist and hydraulic engineer