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Period: Jan 1, 1486 to
revolution
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Jun 11, 1486
Malleus Malificarum
The writings called The Hammer of the Witches is published as an influential guidebook to identifying witches and bringing them to punishment. -
Sep 18, 1522
Circumnavigation
Ferdinand Magellan completes the first trip completely around the world. -
Mar 25, 1543
De fabrica
This book (On the Fabric of the Human Body) is published by Andreas Vesalius. It offered illustrations and new information on the anatomy of the human body based on observations of fresh human dissections. -
Dec 20, 1543
Heliocentric Theory
Copernicus' heliocentric theory appears in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) -
Feb 16, 1564
Galileo
Galileo Galilei is born at Pisa, Italy -
Apr 30, 1572
Tycho's Star
Europe witnessed a dramatic supernova that blazed for 4 months as brightly as -4 magnitude. -
Mar 1, 1582
Gregorian Calendar
Pope Gregory XIII suggested reform of the Julian calendar, thus leading much of Catholic Europe away from the Julian (Old Style) calendar to the Gregorian (New Style). -
Projectile Motion
Galileo Galilei demonstrates that a projectile follows a parabolic path. -
Telescope
The first telescope is constructed by Galileo. The magnifications ranged from 3x to 30x -
3 Laws of Motion
Isaa Newton details his three important laws in his writing titled Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. The properties deal with force, mass, accelaration, and velocity.