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Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus publishes his theory that the sun is motionless in the centre of the solar system on his deathbed.
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Sir Isaac Newton publishes the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (one of the most influential scientific books) it describes universal gravity and the three laws of motion.
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Oxygen is discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele
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Discovers how to use electricity in a modern sense and ten years later creates th first generator,
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The pereodic table is created by Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev
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Heinrich Hertz discovers the existence of radio waves.
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Albert Einstein publishes a scientific report explaining the relationship between speed, time and distance.
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Alexander Fleming accidently creates Penicillin through experiments with mold and fungi.
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The first scientific report witht the idea of the big bang theory is pubished by belgian cosmoligist and catholic priest Georges Lemaître.
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The double helix structure of DNA is discovered by american scientist James Watson and English scientist Francis Crick.