Johannes Kepler

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  • Birth in Weil, Württemberg
    Jan 27, 1571

    Birth in Weil, Württemberg

    Life Begins
  • Rudolph II became Holy Roman Emperor (Court located in Prague)
    Jan 1, 1576

    Rudolph II became Holy Roman Emperor (Court located in Prague)

  • Mar 30, 1577

    Taken by his mother to view 'Great Comet'

    Major interest sparked in Astronomy
  • Gregorian Calendar Reform – adopted in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal
    Jan 1, 1582

    Gregorian Calendar Reform – adopted in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal

  • Enrolment, University of Tübingen, Arts Faculty. Studied mathematics (including astronomy) with Michael Mästlin (1550-1631)

    Enrolment, University of Tübingen, Arts Faculty. Studied mathematics (including astronomy) with Michael Mästlin (1550-1631)

  • Awarded Master's degree

    Awarded Master's degree

  • March Moved to Graz, as mathematics teacher at the Protestant seminary

  • Non-Catholics removed from country

    Non-Catholics removed from country

  • Discovered planetary laws

    Discovered planetary laws

    Laws:(1) All planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits, having the Sun as one of the foci. (2) A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.
  • Start of the Thirty Years’ War

    Start of the Thirty Years’ War

  • Death of Katharina Kepler

    Death of Katharina Kepler

    1622

  • Supplementary work for Laws

  • Death in Regensburg

    Death in Regensburg

  • Kepler's grave in Regensburg destroyed

  • August Second wife Susanna Kepler (born 1589) died in Regensburg