Copernicus

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  • Copernicus Birth
    Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus Birth

    Copernicus was born February 19th, 1473
  • Period: Jan 1, 1510 to Dec 31, 1514

    Copernicus wrote the essay known as the Commentariolus

    The Commentariolus stated the Heliocentric Theory, which was the theory that the universe is not centered on Earth but rather on the sun.
  • Copernicus wrote the Letter against Werner
    Jun 3, 1524

    Copernicus wrote the Letter against Werner

    Copernicus's Letter against Werner was provoked by Johann Werner's work "Motion of the Eighth Spheres".
  • Jan 1, 1530

    Copernicus wrote a study on the valure of money "Monetae Cudendae Ratio"

  • Jan 1, 1533

    Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter outlined Copernicus's theory

  • Jan 1, 1542

    Manuscript for De Revolutionibus was sent to be printed

  • The official printing date of De Revolutionibus
    May 24, 1543

    The official printing date of De Revolutionibus

  • Copernicus's death
    May 24, 1543

    Copernicus's death

    In Frombork Warmia
  • May 24, 1543

    The Copernican Revoltion began

  • Jan 1, 1576

    Prima Narratio "The First Narrative"

    Joachim Rheticus published an account of the Copernican universe in Rheticus's book "Prima Narratio" or "First Narrative".

  • Galileo adopted the Copernican model

  • Galileo Galilei built the telescope based on Copernicus's studies of the Heliocentric Theory

    Galileo Galilei built the telescope based on Copernicus's studies of the Heliocentric Theory

  • Galileo discovered the four moons of Jupiter which supported the Copernican theory

    Galileo discovered the four moons of Jupiter which supported the Copernican theory

  • Galileo, with his telescope discovered the Milky Way