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May 3, 1469
Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence
pupil of a renowned Latin teacher and speculated that he attended the University of Florence, and even a cursory glance at his corpus reveals that he received an excellent humanist education. -
Jan 1, 1514
Andreas Vesalius was born
He as the first person to map the veins of the human body and is the founder of modern human anatomy -
Nov 12, 1532
Galileo published Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the World
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Jan 1, 1540
Martin Luther stated that the bible is the only true source of religious authority and salvation can come through faith in jesus christ.
Good guy Martin Luther -
Nov 12, 1542
Copernicus suggests that the sun is at the center of a solar system
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Jan 1, 1560
John Calvin gave us the belief that the path to salvation is through predestination
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Jan 1, 1561
Francis Bacon was born
One of the leading figures in natural philosophy and in the field of scientific methodology in the period of transition from the Renaissance to the early modern era. -
Kepler proposed that the planets did not circle the Sun
Kepler proposed that the planets did not circle the Sun, but revolved elliptically -
Galileo questions Aristotelian ideas
- first to turn new telescope to the heavens
- Surface of the Moon is pitted, cratered, and irregular
- Surface of the Sun is marked by spots
- Jupiter has moons of its own
- Venus has phases
- Many more stars than previously thought
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Newton publishes Principia
God’s universe ran according to natural laws that were unchanging, rational, mathematical, and discoverable
