Scientific Revolution

Theory of the Planets

Sep 6, 1472

Georg Peurbach

Nicolas Copernicus born

Sep 6, 1473

Copernicus

Portraits of Living Plants

Sep 6, 1530

Rare Illustrated Botony BooksFirst to use living plants vs copying from existing accounts

Observation that a Comet's tail points away from the sun

Sep 6, 1532

Peter Apian

De fabrica

Sep 6, 1543

Andreas Vesalius
Anatomy book using fresh dissections

De revolutionibus orbium

Sep 6, 1543

On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres

Giovanni Benedetti falling speed is proportionate to weight

Sep 6, 1554

Benedetti

Galileo Galilei Born

Feb 16, 1564

Galileo Galilei

Tycho's Star

Nov 11, 1572

Super Nova observed for 18 months

Brahe measures path of comet

Sep 6, 1577

comet of 1577

Gregorian Calendar

Sep 6, 1582

Gregorian Calendar

Cosmographic Mystery

Sep 6, 1596

Publication led to Kepler being offered an assistant position to Brahe

Birth of 'emperical method' through studies on magnets and electricity

Sep 6, 1600

William Gilbert

First Telescope in Netherlands

Oct 6, 1608

Galileo Telescope

Sep 6, 1609

Telescope race

Kepler describes an elliptical path of Mars

Sep 6, 1609

Astrinomia nova

Sidereal Messenger

Sep 6, 1610

Telescopic findings were published describing waxing and waning, moons of Jupiter, mountains on the moon and so much more!

Bacon- 'New Science'

Sep 6, 1620

Baconian Method based on observation and experimentation