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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Was Born
Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy. He was the son of Givia and Vincenzio Galilei. Galileo was the first of seven children (Swisher 13). -
Feb 18, 1564
Michelangelo dies
Michelangelo died at the age of 88, after a small sickness. He exceeded the usual life expentancy. He was buried in Flourence, Italy (Grun 249). -
Jan 1, 1581
Galileo enters the University of Pisa
Galileo entered the University of Pisa when he was seventeen years old. He attended to become a doctor and studied medicine. He chose this to make his father happy (Swisher 14). -
Queen Elizabeth I dies
Queen Elizabeth I died in Richmond Palace after 44 years of ruling. Her cousin James VI of Scottland takes over and unites Scottland and England. She became known as one of the world's greatest monarchs (Grun 268). -
Rome's open opera
In 1606, Rome's first open air opera was debuted (Grun 271). -
Galileo builds his own telescope and makes discoveries
Galileo heard about the Lippershey's version of the telescope, so he attempted to make his own. He usesd two lenses, one concave and one convex, and put them on both sides of an organ pipe(Hightower 45). He discovers that the moon wasn't smooth, but rough and irregular. He also discovered new stars. He kept a notebook and drawings of all of his new discoveries. (Hightower 47-48). -
Galileo discovers some of the moons of Jupiter
In January of 1610, Galileo looked at Jupiter an discovered three small stars aligned, on both sides of the planet. He recorded the position of the stars in his notebook. Later that month, he realized that they seem to disappear and reappear. He calculated the orbits and noticed that rather than disappearing, they were simply behind Jupiter. He finally concluded that these "stars" weren't even stars, but moons of Jupiter (Hightower 49) -
Galileo publishes "Letters on Sunspots"
After reading Apelles's book about the dark spots that appeared on the sun, Galileo disagreed with this theory. He wrote letters, criticizing Apelles's work and research. Galileo believes that sunspots were, in fact imperfections in the sun itself, rather than planets in front of the sun. Eventually, these letters were published and was the beginning of modern science (Hightower 65). -
Teaching Copernicus's Theory is ban
In 1616, Inquisition debated the discoveries brought about by Galileo. This started as a simple warning, that was issued agained teaching this theory. Galileo agreed and didn't protest and didn't teach this theory as fact. It was agreed that the Copernican system was a practice of heresy and Galielo was ordered not to teach, hold, or defend it in anyway either in writing or orally (Hightower 71-74) -
Pocahontas dies
Pocahontas dies in March of 1617, after boarding a ship to Virginia. She died in Gravesend, England, most likely of pneumonia or tuberculosis. Her funreal took place on March 21, 1617 (Grun 277). -
John Winthrop arrives in Massachusetts
John Winthrop, an English Puritan leader sails to America. He sails with the Plymouth company's expedition and arrives in Massachusetts with 1,000 settlers. Whinthrop becomes the new governor of Massachusetts (Grun 284). -
Galileo is convicted of heresy
In 1633, when Galileo was in his 70's and in poor health, Pope Urban VIII demanded him to appear in from of the Roman Inquisition. He was given a trial ("Galileo Galilei" 2). On June 22 his sentence was read aloud, and he was convited of heresy (Hightower 90). He was sentences to life imprisonment, though when he agreed, his sentence was changed to permanent and supervised house arrest ("Galileo Galilei" 2). -
Galileo loses his eyesight
Galileo develops an infection in his right eye in the beginning of 1636. Because he was under permanent house arrest, it was impossible for him to seek medical attention. In 1638, Galileo became totally blind (Hightower 97-98). -
Galileo dies
Galileo died on January 8, 1642. He died in his house, because he was still under house arrest. He was buried in a small church cemetery of Santa Croce (Hightower 99). -
Montreal, Canada was founded
A small group led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve. They landed next to a little river on May 17, 1642. There, they founded Ville-Marie which later becomes known as Montreal (Grun 291). -
Catholic Church recognizes their error
In the 1960's a movement began in the church to reopen the case against Galileo. On October 31, 1992, the Roman Catholic church stated that it was wrong to convict Galileo of heresy and punishing him for his beliefs and they admitted they're mistakes (Hightower 104-102). It took almost 350 years after his life for the church to confess this ("Galileo Galilei" 2).
