Astronomy
- January 31 - During an observation of the lunar eclipse, Tycho Brahe discovers that his predictive theory about the movement of the Moon is wrong since the eclipse started 24 minutes before his calculations predicted: he improves on his theory.
- March 21 - Tycho sends a letter to Longomontanus, in which he reports his revised theory.
- June 14 - Tycho leaves Wittenberg and moves to Bohemia where he has been offered residence at the castle of Benátky, recently bought by Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor.
- July 22 - Tycho observes a solar eclipse from Prague.
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