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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus born in 1573. He was intrested in astronomy and mathematics.
In 1530 he completed and shared his work called De Revolutionibus, which asserted that the earth rotated on its axis one daily and traveled around the sun once yearly. -
Jan 1, 1517
Martin Luther starts the Reformation
The German monk was bothered by the church selling indulgences. Indulgences: which were granted by the Pope, forgave people for their sins so when they died they could go to heaven.
With this bothering him he wrote his famous 95 Theses, which called for the full reformation of the Christian church. -
May 1, 1543
Publication of On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
This book was written by Nicolaus Copernicus before he dided in 1543. This book is also known as De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium.
It is often known as the starting point of modern astronomy and the defining epiphany that begun the Scientific Revolution. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent. Counter Reformation Begins
The Council of Trent played an importnt role in determining the outcome of The Counter Reformation. It was a central feature in the Counter reformation.
Council fathers meet for the first eight sessions in Trent and for the ninth through eleventh sessions in Bologna. It directly opposed Protestantism by reaffirming the existance of seven sacraments, transubstanation, purgatory, the necessity of priesthood, and justification by works as well as by faith. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kelper was born
Kelper wasa another imortant person in the Sscientific Revolution. He was a German mathamatican, astronomer, and astrologer. He is known for his ability in formulating and verifying the three laws of planetary motion. He came up with what we now know as the Kelper Laws. -
Giordano Bruno burned at the stake
Giordano bruno was an Italian pholispher and scientist.Throughout his life Bruno came up with the Copernican system of astronomy which placed the sun at the centre of the solar system.
The Roman Inquisition found him guilty of heresy and turned him over to the state, which at that time considered heresy illegal.He was arrested and then taken from his cell in the early hours of the morning to the Piazza dei Fiori in Rome and burnt alive at the stake. -
Johannes Kepler publishes Astronomia Nova
Kepler published his book Astronomia Nova in 1609. The book focuses on the orbit of Mars. This book is the one of Kelper's most important works in astronomy. He realised that the orbit of Mars fitted the shape of an ellipse. He also formulated two of his three laws of planetary motions, including the law that all planets move in elliptical orbits. This book is also it is prefaced with a short intellectual autobiography. -
Galileo's discoveries with the telescope
The Starry Messengar also known as Sidereus Nuncius. With this he provided a lively and accessible account of his telescopic work. His observations of the Moon and, particularly, his discovery and observations of four satellites around Jupiter were found with this telescope. -
Thirty Years War breaks out
It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. The war was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most of the countries of Europe. There is no single cause can accurately be described as the main reason for the fighting.The war was fought largely as a religious conflict between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. -
Kepler publishes Harmonice Mundi
This book was written by Johannes Kepler in 1619. In this book he attempted to explain the harmony of the world. It was a series of five books and contained what is known today as his third law. The work was founded on geometry, from which Kepler derived first a theory of musical harmony and then a cosmology of the heavens and the earth. Kepler was attempting to find common rules between music and movement in the solar system.
