Scienticic Revolution

  • Period: Jan 1, 1486 to

    revolution

  • Jun 11, 1486

    Malleus Malificarum

    The writings called The Hammer of the Witches is published as an influential guidebook to identifying witches and bringing them to punishment.
  • Sep 18, 1522

    Circumnavigation

    Ferdinand Magellan completes the first trip completely around the world.
  • Mar 25, 1543

    De fabrica

    This book (On the Fabric of the Human Body) is published by Andreas Vesalius. It offered illustrations and new information on the anatomy of the human body based on observations of fresh human dissections.
  • Dec 20, 1543

    Heliocentric Theory

    Copernicus' heliocentric theory appears in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres)
  • Feb 16, 1564

    Galileo

    Galileo Galilei is born at Pisa, Italy
  • Apr 30, 1572

    Tycho's Star

    Europe witnessed a dramatic supernova that blazed for 4 months as brightly as -4 magnitude.
  • Mar 1, 1582

    Gregorian Calendar

    Pope Gregory XIII suggested reform of the Julian calendar, thus leading much of Catholic Europe away from the Julian (Old Style) calendar to the Gregorian (New Style).
  • Projectile Motion

    Galileo Galilei demonstrates that a projectile follows a parabolic path.
  • Telescope

    The first telescope is constructed by Galileo. The magnifications ranged from 3x to 30x
  • 3 Laws of Motion

    Isaa Newton details his three important laws in his writing titled Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. The properties deal with force, mass, accelaration, and velocity.