1523 in science

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The year 1523 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Natural history

The park at Colditz Castle in Saxony is converted into one of the largest menageries in Europe, and the first in Germany.

Pietro Aron publishes Thoscanello de la musica in Venice, including the first description of quarter-comma meantone.
Anthony Fitzherbert publishes The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements and The Boke of Husbandrie, the first work on agriculture published in England.
Thomas Linacre publishes his translation of Galen's De naturalibus facultatibus in London.
Maximilianus Transylvanus publishes De Moluccis Insulis, the first account of the Magellan circumnavigation.