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Feb 19, 1473
The birth of Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus Jr. was born into this world with his mother being Barbara Watzenrode and his dad being Nicolaus Copernicus Sr. -
1483
Nicolaus Copernicus Sr. Dies
The Nicolaus Copernicus Sr. Dies of natural causes.
He was a copper merchant, but when he moved he became a city councillor and made a fortune. -
Period: 1491 to 1495
University
Nicolaus studies at Jagiellonian University -
Period: 1496 to 1500
Second university
Nicolaus switches to Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna -
Period: 1501 to 1503
Third university
Nicolaus converts to another university called University of Padua -
Period: 1503 to 1503
Last university
Nicolaus switches again but this time it was at University of Ferrara -
1510
Moves
Nicolaus moves to frauenburg -
1514
Discovery/theory
Nicolaus has a theory that our earth revolves around the sun instead of everything revolves around us.
He also makes a heliocentric model -
1517
Nicolaus’ mother dies
Barbara watzenrode dies to natural causes -
1532
Book
Nicolaus finishes writing his book called ‘ revolution of the celestial system’ but has not released it yet -
1543
1543
Nicolaus releases his book.
It contains 403 pages and is about the revolution of the planets.
It was written in Latin, was published by johannes petreius
And it’s genre was astronomy. -
1543
Death
After the success on his first book it was sad to see that Nicolaus died to a stroke.
