Life of Tycho Brahe

By tacobell
  • Dec 14, 1546

    Birth

    Birth
    Tycho Brahe is born in Denmark
  • Period: Jan 1, 1559 to Jan 1, 1562

    Brahe attends University of Copenhagen

  • Aug 21, 1560

    A eclipse of the sun turned him from law to astrology

    Because of this eclipse, Brahe changed what he was studying
  • Period: Jan 1, 1562 to Jan 1, 1565

    Uncle sent him to University of Leipzig

  • Aug 1, 1563

    Brahe made his first reported observation

    A conjunction or overlap of Jupiter and Saturn
  • Mar 10, 1565

    Brahe began traveling through Europe

    Studying at Witenburg, Rostock, Basil, and Augsburg acquiring mathmatical and astrnomical instruments.
  • Jan 1, 1571

    Brahe Settled down in Scania

  • Jan 1, 1571

    Brahe constructed a small observatory

  • Jan 1, 1572

    First Published Work

    Brahe's first published work, an ode to his dead twin.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1572 to

    Brahe continues observations and writing reports

  • Nov 11, 1572

    Brahe discovered a new star

  • Nov 11, 1572

    Brahe proved that a very bright star was a supernova

    this star is now named SN 1572
  • Mar 10, 1573

    Brahe married a peasants daughter

  • Death