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Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19th in Torun, Poland. His parents were Barbara Watzenrode and Nicolaus Copernicus Snr
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Nicolaus’ father dies after his mother died sometime between 1474 and 1477. He is adopted by his uncle Lucas Watzenrode who is a catholic priest
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Nicolaus starts off university studying liberal arts which included astronomy and astrology at the University of Cracow
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He moves to Bologna to continue his studies and he stays in the same place as the universities main astronomer
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On the 9th of March Nicolaus conducts his first of 27 observations of the sky
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He earns his doctorate of law. Which is the same as his uncle and guardian Lucas Watzenrode
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Nicolaus discovers his theory about the solar system which shows how the Earth orbits round the sun like the other planets in our galaxy
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Nicolaus successfully plans out Poland’s defence against German soldiers
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In the Vatican they have lectures about Copernicus’ theory which were well received
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The Popes secretary sends a letter to Copernicus asking him to publish his ideas
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Rheticus publishes a book called Narratio Prima. It is about Copernicus’ discoveries
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Nicolaus suffers a cerebral hemorrhage and he is paralysed on his right side
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Nicolaus Copernicus dies on May 24th in Poland