Astronomical events

  • Galileo's telescope

    Galileo used the telescope to look at celestial objects and record his discovery
  • Keplers laws

    Keplers first and second law of planetary motions.
  • Cassini discovers rings

    Cassini discovers Saturns rings
  • Piazzi

    Piazzi discovers first ateroid, Ceres
  • Red spot

    Great Red Stop on Jupiter is prominent.
  • Mount Willson Observeratory

    The Mount Willson Observatory is established for study of the sun
  • Giants and Red drwafs

    Hertzsprung descirbes giant and Red Drawfs.
  • Rocketry

    Robert Goddard beigns practical rocketry
  • Theory of Relativity

    Albert Einstein introduces the Theory of Relativity
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik is launched into space by the Russians