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May 19, 1536
Anne Boleyn is beheaded
After Anne Boleyn is beheaded by her husband, King Henry VIII's orders. He then marries Jane Seymour. Dissoulution of monasteries begin in England under the direction of Thomas Cronwell. -
Period: Nov 16, 1542 to
The Scientific Revolution
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Nov 16, 1555
England goes back to Roman Catholicism
Protestants are persecuted and about 300 people are burned at the steak when England returns to Roman Catholicism. -
Giordano Bruno burned at the stake
Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake by civil authorities after he was found guilty of heresy, which was illegal at the time. -
Galileo publishes The Heavens
This book describes his observations of the moon's surface and Jupiter's moons looking through his telescope, which made the church uneasy. -
Galileo's discoveries with the telescope
He used his telescope to observe the moon, milky way, and Jupiter. -
Galileo forced to take back his theories
Galileo is forced to sign a recantation and is condemned house arrest for the remaining nine years of his life. -
Transit of Venus observed
The first observation of a transit of Venus across the Sun, wich is a rare phenomenon used in the 18th and 19th centuries for determining the distance of the earth from the Sun. -
Jan Baptista van Helmont's argument
Jan Baptista van Helmont argues for medical chemistry and the view that chemistry is an important understanding of physiology. -
Air Pump Invented
Otto von Guericke Invented the Air Pump and Van Guerick demonstrated the properties of a vacuum using his air pump to take the air from within his famous "Magdeberg hemispheres," which could not be parted by two teams of sixteen horses once he had removed the air. -
Pendulum Invented
Christiaan Huygens' pendulum clock opend the possibility of determining the equation of time directly.
