Katies History Timeline

By KatieW1
  • Apr 22, 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

    Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press
    Johannes Gutenberg Printing PressThe printing press was a very important invention because it help make more books in less time. It was used to create the Bible in the middle 1400's, so that everyone who wanted one, could have a Bible. It was a great invention, becuase later it helped writers make books, if they were good.
  • Galileo Galilei invented the telescope

    Galileo Galilei invented the telescope
    Galileo And Telescope This envention was important because it was the creation that made it possible to see the outer planets. The first thing Galileo did was pointed toward heaven, when it was completed. It helped reconize that there was more then just the sun and moon and in the sky, Now, thanks to the invention of the telescope, we can look at the stars.
  • Isaac Newton founded the force of gravity 1668

    Isaac Newton founded the force of gravity 1668
    force of gravityThis is important becuase it let people know whats holding them to the Earth. It also let you know that when you drop a ball and a feather that they will hit at the same time.
  • Gabriel Fahrenheit envented the first thermometer, using mercury

    Showed water freezing at 32*F
  • Thomas Savery envented the crude steam engine

    Thomas Savery envented the crude steam engine
    Steam engineThe steam engine was important becuase it helped spread steam aross the counties. I was good at that time becauase it helped make work easier.
  • Tycho Brahe recorded years and years of data about the planets

    His work validated the ideas of Copernicus
  • Anton von Leeuwonhoek invented the first microscope

    Anton von Leeuwonhoek invented the first microscope
    the telescopeThe microcsope was important because it helped you see things that were exstremely small.
  • Francis Bacon Told scientists, “Quit believing the words of the past!”

    Francis Bacon Told scientists, “Quit believing the words of the past!”
    He challenged them to experiment and draw conclusions.
  • Andreas Vesalius Dissected human anatomy using corpses

    “As I walked along a field, I chanced upon a corpse.”
  • Robert Boyle Founder of modern chemistry

    The matter of the world is made up of smaller particles.