timeline By thaybo50 Feb 19, 1473 Copernicus is born in Poland 1521 Francis Bacon born 1543 Publication of Copernicus' work on heliocentrism Period: 1543 to 1687 Scientific Revolution May 24, 1543 Copernicous dies at 70 in East Prussia 1564 Galileo is born in Pisa. Dec 27, 1571 Johannes Kepler is born Mar 31, 1596 Rene Descartes is born 1609 Galileo builds his first telescope improving on a Dutch design. 1609 Kepler creates two laws of planetary motion 1610 Galileo discovers four of Jupiter's moons and publishes "Siderius Nuncius" 1616 Galileo brought before religious authorities 1618 Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion 1620 "Novum Organum" describing the Baconian Method of science is published. 1626 Francis Bacon dies Nov 15, 1630 Kepler dies 1633 Galileo brought to religious officials again and forced to recant. Placed under house arrest. 1637 Rene Descartes publishes Discours de la methodé explaining how arithmetic, algebra, and geometry could be combined to solve problems. Jan 8, 1642 Galileo dies at 79. Dec 25, 1642 Issac Newton is born Feb 11, 1650 Descartes dies 1666 Newton develops the theories of gravitation 1686 Issac Newton presents his three laws of motion in the "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis." 1687 The research of Isaac Newton Mar 20, 1727 Issac Newton dies