Scientific Revolution

By Stephanie Herrera
  • Period: Jan 1, 1450 to

    Scientific Revolution

  • Andreas Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body
    Feb 21, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius Publishes On the Fabric of the Human Body

  • Galileo Galilei Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity

    Galileo Galilei Demonstrates the Properties of Gravity

  • Johannes Kepler Reveals His Third and Final Law of Planetary Motion

    Johannes Kepler Reveals His Third and Final Law of Planetary Motion

  • Francis Bacon Publishes Novum Organum

    Francis Bacon Publishes Novum Organum

  • Galileo is Forced to Recant his Theories

    Galileo is Forced to Recant his Theories

  • Rene Descartes Publishes Geometry and Rene Descartes Publishes His Discourse on Method

    Rene Descartes Publishes Geometry and Rene Descartes Publishes His Discourse on Method

  • Isaac Newton Publishes Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica

    Isaac Newton Publishes Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica

  • The Salem Witch Trials Take Place in Massachusetts

    The Salem Witch Trials Take Place in Massachusetts

    Indicative of the maintenance of traditional superstitions even late in the seventeenth century, 200 people are tried for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Over 7,000 women were executed for witchcraft in Europe between 1550 and 1700, largely in association with the various theological battles of the Reformation.