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Galileo is born to musician, Vencenzo Galilei
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Galileo moves to Florance and attends the monastery of Vallombrosa
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Galileo sees a lamp swaying in a church and discovers his theory pendolums.
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Liking mathematics and geometry, Galileo takes classes from Ostilio Ricci, a teacher in the Tuscan Court.
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Galileo is forced to leave the University of Pisa because of lack of funds without completing his degree.
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He writes an essay on the Hydrostatic Balance, a device used to measure the mass of objects.
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Writes paper on Center of gravity in solids and is offered a job as a lecturer at the University of Pisa.
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(1589-1592)
Galileo did not believe Aristotle's theory that different weights fall at different rates -
GIven the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he stayed until 1610 and did most of his work
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HIs letter supported his theory of heliocentric universe over Aristotle's theory. He would have published it himself but he was afraid of getting mocked.
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Proves that everything, no matter the weight, falls at the same rate without friction.
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Bought a telescope and improves the magnification to 32 powers
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Leaves Padua to become philosopher and mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who allowed Galileo to work more on his own projects.
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Visits Rome to demonostrate the Telescope.
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After being in Rome, Galileo writes three letters to take his position on the heliocentric theory of the universe.
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(1613-1616) Because Galileo wrote his letters in Italian, Aristotelian Scholars said that the attacks of Galileo on Aristotle were actually attacks on themselves so the church declared that Galileo was contradicting scripture
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The Church says Galileo’s writings are banned and that Galileo must not "hold or defend his doctrines."
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(1616-1623) Galileo retires to his home in Bellosguardo near Florence.
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He travels back to Rome to confront the 1616 decree. The Pope does not change the decree, but he does allow Galileo to write on both sides of the issue
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Galileo publishes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, in compliance with the Pope, the work is set as a conversation between two men discussing the Ptolemaic and Copernican systems.
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(1632-1633) The Pope, angry with the content of "Dialogo," places him on trial
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Galileo is put on trial and forced to go back to Rome and placed under the suspicion of "vehement suspicion of heresy," but is convicted of holding and teaching the Copernican belief. He was placed under house arrest for eight years until his death.
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Despite his house arrest Galileo publishes Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences, a work about the principles of mechanics.
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Makes the discovery that the moon makes monthly turns on its axis called liberations, right before he goes completely blind.
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Dies from a long illness
