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Feb 16, 1564
Birth of Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei, the man who would be one of the most important figures in the time period of the scientific revolution was born on February 16, 1564. -
Period: Nov 17, 1564 to
Events in the Scientific Revolution
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Mar 4, 1569
Gerardus Mercator's publication
Gerardus Mercator publishes his cartographic projection system in 1569. It was usually described as the cylindrical projection. The meridans were equally spaced and the map contained parallel and vertical lines which resembled the lines of latitude and longitude. -
Nov 6, 1572
Tycho star
This year was known for "Tycho Star" or "The star of 1572". This was a supernova that appeared in 1752 CE. Robert Burnham says that this star was first noted by Wolfgang Schule as early as November 6, 1572. This star was also seen by many observers throughout Europe and in the far east. Tycho Brahe was not only the first to observe the supernova in Cassiopeia but also gained respect as an astronomer when he published his special observations in Latin about this "new star". -
Decimals
Simon Stevin(1548-1620) proposed the use of decimals. He wrote a 36- page booklet called "De Thiende", which is the same thing as the art of tenths. This book was first published in Dutch in 1585 and the translated into French as "La Disme". His work contained a complete decimal system that consistenly applied to integers and fractions. -
Burning of Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. In 1591 he went to Venice at the invitation of Mocenigo, who wanted to obtain Bruno's secret of memory- training. Since Bruno didn't want to give him his secret, he sent him to the Inquisition. Bruno then denied all of his errors and doubts in the matter of Christian practice and doctrine. He was then sent to Rome to be in prison of the Inquisition for 6 years. After that he was burned at the stake. -
The Optical Part of Astronomy
Johannes Kepler publishes his book " Astronoma pars Optica" in which he treated atmospheric reaction (the change in direction of a ray of light as it passes from space into the atmosphere) but also treated lenses and gave an explanation of how the eye works. In this book he argued that the retina is the seat of vision and that an inverted image is formed there. He also argued that light rays are rectilinear and they disminish by their inverse square as they travel from the light source. -
Invention of the telescope
The invention of the telescope was in the Netherlands by Hans Lippershey, Zacharias Jenssen, and Jacob Metius. The refinement of the telescope was the following year by Galileo Galilei. -
Thirty Years War
The thirty years war was mostly fought in what is now Germany and was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history. Nobody can accurately describe what started the conflicts that lead up to the war. The wars were mainly fought over religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. It was further complicated by the rivalries of the Reformation. On October 24th, The Treaty of Munster was the last treaty signed that ended the thirty years war. -
Barometer
Evangellista Torricelli invents the barometer which measures air pressure. He created a tube sealed at the top, filled with mercury and set it into a basin of mercury. The column fell which left a vaccum above. The column would rise and fall due to the change in the atmospheric pressure; this was the first barometer. -
Illustrations of the moon
Johannes Hevelius made observations of sunspots and devoted the years 1642-1645 to make closer observations of the moon's surface and libration in longitude. He chose not to name lunear features in honor of those still living. In 1647 he published his results in "Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio"
