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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei is born
Born in Pisa, Italy -
Aug 28, 1581
Young Galileo is recognized by scholars
He was proficient at the lute at and the organ at first, but later on enrolled at Pisa. His teaches recognized his intelligence and encouraged his interest in mathematics and science. -
Galileo refines the experimental method
At the age of 22, he created a better scientific method written in the form of a treatise titled "La Bilancetta", meaning "The Little Balance". -
Galileo first uses a telescope
Galileo looks into a telescope for the first time. He sees the moon, and the sight of its mountains and craters immediately impressed him. "Not robed in a smooth and polished surface, but is... rough and uneven, covered everywhere, just like the Earth's surface, with huge prominences, deep valleys, and chasms." -Galileo, 1609 -
Galileo discovers the moons of Jupiter
These moons are Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. -
The telescope discloses the stars
After his discovery of the moons of Jupiter, there was more stars than other discoveries. (Picture drawn by Galileo) -
Galileo looses his eyesight
Galileo had lost his eyesight from observing the sun through a telescope. -
Galileo travels to Rome for an audience with the Pope
Galileo had no intention of becoming a professor at Pisa at this point. -
Reasons why scholistics resisted Galileo's arguments
Galileo thought that everyone would see through the telescope as he does, and the people did not believe that he was sticking to his facts. -
When the three comets appear
The first three comets to be observed with the telescope, although they could be viewed by the naked eye alone. -
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Old traditions disintegrate in Galileo's time
The formerly coherent and solid Florentine moral universe was disintegrating, and Florence was no more a republic. -
Galileo writes "Dialogue"
A discussion of celestial matter, terrestrial matter, motion, and the tides -
Galileo lives under house arrest
He was confined in Arcetri and had many troublesome misfortunes of old age, although they did not prevent him from finishing his life in an atmosphere of serene and composed dignity. -
Death of Galileo
Dies in Arcetri, Italy -
The telescope becomes a tool of propaganda
The telescope's first disclosure was the new worlds in the firmament about which poet John Donne, only two years later, complained. Wherever he turned his glass, Galileo found new stars.
