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Oct 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus is born
Christopher Columbus is born. This would be one of the starting points of the Scientific Revolution. He would become a navigator and an explorer from the republic of Genoa. -
Period: Oct 31, 1451 to
Scientific Revolution
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Aug 30, 1454
Georg Peurbach's theory of the planets
Made geometric descriptive models for predicting planetary motions by spheres. Peurbach believed that the planets were in s spheres although he believed that their motions were controlled by the Sun. -
Sep 17, 1527
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan completes the first circumnavigation of the globe. He was a portugese explorer that was from the city of Sabrosa. But later had a spanish nationality when he served king charles the 1 of spain. -
May 23, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
He was the first scientist to make a really good heliocentric crosmology. It displaced the earth from the center of the universe. He published a book called De revolutionibus orbium coelestium which was the one of the starting points of astronomy. -
Dec 13, 1545
Council of Trent
Counter reformation begins. It was considered to be one of the churches most important councils. It was the 16th century Ecumanical council of the Roman Catholic Church. -
Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler
Was a german math matatician, astrologer, and astronomer. He is best known for his eponymous laws of planetary motion, He helped to legitimize the telescopic discoveries of his contemporary Galileo Galilei. -
René Descartes
He has been named the father of Philosophy. He was also the father of analytial geometry. He made a very big impact in the scientific revolution with all of his different philosophies. -
Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe was a Danish nobleman who was known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Kepler tried to persuade tycho to adopt his heliocentric model of the solar system. -
Galileo
Galileo discovers the Starry Messenger with the telescope. He was an italian physicist and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revoulution. He also made alot of improvements to the telescope. -
Issac Newton
Newton oubllishes his second edition of Opticks with 8 queries. Isaac Newoton plunged into chemistry early in his life. He was also a mathematician and phycisist. He also studied the speed of sound.
