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Nicolas Copernicus was born to mother Barbara Watzenrode and father Nicolas Copernicus Sr in Torun Poland.
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As Copernicus grew up he studied math, painting and astronomy.
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Copernicus's father dies. It is unknown how he died
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Copernicus studies medicine but learns astronomy as well because it was believed that the stars healed the body.
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Copernicus moves to Frombork.
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Nicolas starts making work on his book but is afraid to publish it because it opposed the beliefs of the catholic church.
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Copernicus makes his first model of the solar system where the sun is at the centre and the planets and earth orbit it.
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Publishes his book called De Revolutions bus Orbium Coelestium that establishes his theory his theory that the sun is at the centre of the solar and the earth and the other planets orbit it
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Nicolas Copernicus dies of a stroke in Frombork Cathedral Poland