reformation/scientific revolution/age of discovery timeline

  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Jan 1, 1508

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus was a astronomer, he entered the university of Cacrow where he studied painting and mathmatics even though he didnt take astonomy classes at that time. he began a heliocertic planet system that rotated the plants around the sun to see how the planets orbits were depending on the distance of the sun.
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1520

    Martin Luther

    Martin luther published 3 books to understand christianity. he got more people to believe in God, he impacted the world by making the bible available to people
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Sep 1, 1523

    Ignatius of Loyola

    Ignatuis of Loyola was a spanish knight who settled in the holy land. He studied theology and Latin in Paris which caused John Calvin to flee France. Ignatius impacted the world by forming a society of Jesus that was approved by Pope Paul III
  • John Calvin
    Jan 1, 1555

    John Calvin

    John calvin was Martin Luthers successor as the protestant thelogian. he mad a powerfil impact on the findamentals doctorine protestantism.
  • Tycho Brahe
    Jan 1, 1572

    Tycho Brahe

    Tycho was a Danish astonomer who dedicated his life to find out how Jupiter and Saturn overlap. he fixed over 777 stars and what he did remains remarkable today.
  • Johannes Kepler

    Johannes Kepler

    Johannes kepler was most known for his laws of planetary motion. That also helped Isaac Newton's theory of Universal Gravition. He was a key figure 17th century.