changing timelines By graceloyer 1473 copernicus: born Period: 1473 to 1543 copernicus life 1484 copernicus: father died 1491 copernicus: began studying various universities in poland and italy 1510 copernicus: moved to frauenburg 1514 copernicus: began circulating his Little Commentary which introduced his heliocentric model 1520 copernicus: works on rebuilding frombork with the other canons 1532 copernicus: completes On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres but waits before publishing it 1543 copernicus: died 1564 galileo: born Period: 1564 to 1642 galileos life 1581 galileo: began studying at university of pisa 1587 galileo: began teaching at university of pisa 1590 galileo: began teaching at university of padua 1632 galileo: publishes dialogue concerning the two cheif world systems 1633 galileo: convicted of heresy and put on house arrest 1637 galileo: Publishes Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations 1642 galileo: died 1643 newton: born Period: 1643 to 1727 newtons life 1654 newton: begins attending kings school at Grantham 1661 newton: begins attending cambridge university 1665 newton: goes to Woolsthorpe manor due to plague and fire in london 1666 newton: graduate studies at cambridge 1669 newton: professor of math at cambridge 1687 newton: publishes Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 1689 newton: Represents Cambridge University in the parliament that passes the Bill of Rights limiting the powers of William III and Mary II 1696 newton: Moves to London 1703 newton: Assumes the presidency of the Royal Society until his death 1704 newton: publishes Opticks 1705 newton: Knighted by Queen Anne 1727 newton: dies 1834 Mendeleev: born Period: 1834 to 1907 Mendeleevs life 1847 Mendeleev: father dies 1849 Mendeleev: goes to st.petersburg with mother and sister 1850 Mendeleev: enrolls in pedagogical institute 1850 Mendeleev: mother and sister die 1855 Mendeleev: graduates as a science teacher 1856 Mendeleev: defends his master thesis in chemistry 1861 Mendeleev: publishes textbook 1866 Mendeleev: becomes a professor 1869 Mendeleev: devises the periodic table of elements 1890 Mendeleev: dismissed from his university teaching position 1893 Mendeleev: accepts post as directer of the Bureau of weights and measures 1905 Mendeleev: awarded the copley medal 1907 Mendeleev: died