Scientific Revolution timeline By 2020PyneA 100 Ptolemy said that the earth is the center of the universe Jan 1, 1200 Robert Bacon introduced the idea of science instead of what people thought and magic Jan 1, 1500 In the early 1500's europeans saw no difference in science and magic Jan 1, 1500 During the era of the scientific revolution people began to do experiments and mathematics to solve their problems Jan 1, 1510 Nicolaus Copernicus made a theory about how instead of the earth being the center of the univere, the sun is the center of the universe Jan 1, 1543 Andreas Vesalius studied anatomy and made a seven volume book in 1543 Jan 1, 1598 Francis Bacon thought that no idea could be used without proof Jan 1, 1609 Johannes Kepler confirmed Copernicus's theory with mathematics and put out his laws of planetary motion Jan 1, 1632 Galileo Galilei created the teloscope Jan 1, 1637 Rene Descartes was a leader in the scientific revolution and he helped improve mathematics and sciences greatly Jan 1, 1662 In 1662 , Robert Boyle showed that temperature and pressure affect the space that a gas occupies Jan 1, 1687 In 1687 Isaac Newton published a book on Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo Jan 1, 1687 Issac Newton proved that objects attract to each other and gravity keeps our planets orbiting each other Jan 1, 1774 Antoine Lavoisier discovered fire, and found out that material can't be destroyed or created Jan 1, 1774 Joesph Priestly discovered the element oxygen in 1774 and Antoine Lavoisier named it