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Christopher Columbus is born. This would be one of the starting points of the Scientific Revolution. He would become a navigator and an explorer from the republic of Genoa.
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Made geometric descriptive models for predicting planetary motions by spheres. Peurbach believed that the planets were in s spheres although he believed that their motions were controlled by the Sun.
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Ferdinand Magellan completes the first circumnavigation of the globe. He was a portugese explorer that was from the city of Sabrosa. But later had a spanish nationality when he served king charles the 1 of spain.
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He was the first scientist to make a really good heliocentric crosmology. It displaced the earth from the center of the universe. He published a book called De revolutionibus orbium coelestium which was the one of the starting points of astronomy.
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Counter reformation begins. It was considered to be one of the churches most important councils. It was the 16th century Ecumanical council of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Was a german math matatician, astrologer, and astronomer. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, He helped to legitimize the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei.
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He has been named the father of Philosophy. He was also the father of analytial geometry. He made a very big impact in the scientific revolution with all of his different philosophies.
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Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman who was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Kepler tried to persuade tycho to adopt his heliocentric model of the solar system.
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Galileo discovers the Starry Messenger with the telescope. He was an italian physicist and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revoulution. He also made alot of improvements to the telescope.
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Newton oubllishes his second edition of Opticks with 8 queries. Isaac Newoton plunged into chemistry early in his life. He was also a mathematician and phycisist. He also studied the speed of sound.
