Technology
- Croatian mathematician Fausto Veranzio publishes Machinae novae, a book of mechanical and technological inventions, some of which are applicable to the solution of hydrological problems, and others concern the construction of water clocks, sundials, mills, presses, bridges and boats.
- Italian Giuliano Bossi invents a double-barreled gun.
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