Changing Timelines

  • Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus' Birth

  • Period: 1492 to 1496

    Copernicus' Time at the University of Krakow

  • 1497

    Copernicus Elected a Canon

    A canon is a priest in the cathedral.
  • 1503

    Returned to Warmia

    He stayed at his uncle's castle and continued to study the stars. He also worked as his uncle's secretary.
  • 1510

    Copernicus Assumes the Canon Position

  • 1514

    Copernicus Wrote a Short Report

    He called this report "Little Commentary". It explained his heliocentric ideas.
  • 1532

    Copernicus Had Completed His Manuscript

  • 1541

    Copernicus Agrees to Publication

  • May 24, 1543

    Copernicus' Death

  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo's Birth

  • Period: 1581 to

    Galileo Studies Medicine

  • Galileo Becomes a Math Teacher

  • Galileo Published his "Letters on Sunspots"

  • Galileo was Charged with "vehement suspicion of heresy”

  • Galileo's Death

  • Sir Issac Newton's Birth

  • Proves all colors make white light

  • An Apple Fell from the Tree, Causing the Inspiration

  • Becomes a Math Professor

  • Sir Issac Newton Wrote his Most Famous Book

  • Started to Create the Law of Universal Gravitation

  • Became the Royal Society President

  • Publishes his Second Book

  • Death of Sir Issac Newton

  • Mendeleev's Birth

  • Mendeleev Moves to St. Petersburg

  • Mendeleev Enrols in School

  • Mendeleev Graduates as a Science Teacher

  • Mendeleev Publishes a Textbook

  • Marie Curie's Birth

  • Mendeleev Helps Form the Russian Chemical Society

  • Mendeleev Devises the Periodic Table

  • Marie Curie Took an Exam

    This exam allowed her to become the first female to earn a degree in physics at Sorbonne
  • Marie Curie Gets Married

  • Marie Curie Has a Child

  • Marie Curie Discovers a New Element

    This new element was 400 time more radioactive than any other. They named the element Polonium.
  • The Curies Find Another Element

    They named this one radium. Radium was 900 times more radioactive than Polonium.
  • Marie Curie Finally Could See What She Discovered

    They found Radiums glow.
  • Marie Curie Earns Her Doctorates in Physics

  • Marie and Pierre Both Earn a Nobel Prize

  • Marie Gave Birth to Her Second Daughter

  • Mendeleev Earns the Copley Medal

  • Pierre Curie is Killed by a Horse Drawn Wagon

  • Marie Curie Became the First Female Professor at Sorbonne

  • Mendeleev's Death

  • Marie Curie Earns a Nobel Prize in Chemistry

  • Marie Curie Opens the Radium Institute

  • Marie Curie's Death