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Oct 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus Born
Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy. -
Jan 24, 1462
Publication of Renaissance natural philosophy
One of the major publications of Renaissance natural philosophy, -
Apr 24, 1469
Publication of the highly influential Corpus Hermeticum
Publication of the highly influential Corpus Hermeticum, a collection of writings (we now know) to have been written in the early Christian era but then thought to have been written with great authority by Hermes Trismegistus (perhaps Thoth or Moses) living c.1800 BC. -
Dec 31, 1472
Georg Peurbach's New Theory of the Planets
Georg Peurbach's New Theory of the Planets. -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus born.
Nicolaus Copernicus was born on February 19, 1473 in Torun, Poland. -
Sep 5, 1486
The Malleus Malificarum (The Hammer of the Witches) is published
The Malleus Malificarum (The Hammer of the Witches) is published as an influential guidebook to identifying witches and bringing them to punishment. -
Jul 27, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan famously completes the first circumnavigation of the globe. -
Sep 6, 1522
Ferdinand Magellan famously completes the first circumnavigation of the globe.
The following year, on September 6, 1522, despite having almost lost their lives in their efforts, the remainder of Magellan's fleet returned to Spain, thus proving that the globe was in fact round. -
May 15, 1566
Publication of the works of Pedro Nunez
Publication of the works of Pedro Nunez on navigation -
Conrad Gessner publishes a massive and highly influential work
Conrad Gessner publishes a massive and highly influential work, the History of Animals.
