Commencement of laying out of gardens at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy, for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este with sophisticated hydraulic features[1] designed by Tommaso Chiruchi with Claude Venard.
Publications
Gerolamo Cardano publishes his comprehensive survey of the natural sciences, De subtilitate, in Nuremberg.
Giovanni Battista Ramusio begins publication of Navigationi et Viaggi ("Navigations and Travels"), a collection of explorers' first-hand accounts of their travels, the first work of its kind.