Scientific Revolution

  • Christopher Columbus
    Oct 31, 1451

    Christopher Columbus

    First voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life as the commercial fleet he was sailing with was attacked by French privateers off the coast of Portugal. His ship got burned and he had to swim. He is best know for discoving America.
  • Gabriele Falloppio
    Feb 28, 1453

    Gabriele Falloppio

    was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century. He was born at Modena and died at Padua.
  • Nicolas Copernicus
    Feb 19, 1473

    Nicolas Copernicus

    He enrolled to the religious law program.His theory stated that sun rest near the center of the universe and the earth.Which is know as Copernicus theory. He studied medical and law in Italy.
  • Juan Luis Vives
    Mar 6, 1493

    Juan Luis Vives

    He was scholar and humanist who lived nearly his entire life in the Southern Netherlands
  • Peter Apian
    Apr 16, 1495

    Peter Apian

    He was an known as Peter Apian, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography.
  • Georg Joachim Rheticus
    Feb 16, 1514

    Georg Joachim Rheticus

    Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus, was a mathematician, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher.
  • Mar 26, 1516

    Conrad Gessner

    Conrad Gesner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer.
  • Girolamo Fracastoro
    Aug 8, 1530

    Girolamo Fracastoro

    He was an Italian physician and poet. He was born in Verona. That's where he practiced after studying at Padua. He studied diseases spread to tiny particles or spores. That means even with direct or indirect contact.
  • Thomas Harriot
    Mar 1, 1560

    Thomas Harriot

    was an English astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, and translator. He is sometimes credited with the introduction of the potato to the British Isles
  • Galileo Galilei
    Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei

    He was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution