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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus is born
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Jan 1, 1514
Nicholas Copernicus' heliocentric theory fisrt appears
It was seen in the Commentariolus -
Jan 1, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan travels around the world
Ferdinand Magellan is the first one to travel all the way around the world. -
Jan 1, 1530
Girolamo Fracastoro describes Syphilis
It was a new disease at the time. -
Jan 1, 1532
It was observed that Halley's Comet's tail points away from the sun
Peter Apian, Fracastoro, and Regiomontanus. Recognized this. -
Jan 1, 1543
On the Fabric of the Human Body is published by Andreas Vesalius
Thought to be the first great work of science and the foundation of Biology -
Jan 1, 1543
De Revolutionibus Orbium is published by Nicolas Copernicus
Sets out the Heliocentric Theory -
Analytical Trigonometry is invented by Francois Viete
Helped with physics and astonomy -
Galileo Galilei shows the properties of gravity
Demonstrating the fall of different weights off of a building -
Messenger of the Heavens is published by Galileo
It showed his observations of the Moon's surface and Jupiter's Moons which made the church uneasy -
Johannes Kepler shows the Third Law of Planetary Motion
This was the last step leading to the rejection of the Aristotelian system. -
Galileo is Forced to Recant his Theories
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Geometry is published by Rene Descartes
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Barometer invented by Evangelista Torricelli
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Air Pump is invented by Otto von Guericke
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Newton builds his first reflective telescope
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Newton publishes Opticks
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Edmond Halley discovered that Halley's Comet had an eliptical orbit
It was then named after him -
Newton Dies