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Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus Birth
Copernicus was born February 19th, 1473 -
Period: Jan 1, 1510 to Dec 31, 1514
Copernicus wrote the essay known as the Commentariolus
The Commentariolus stated the Heliocentric Theory, which was the theory that the universe is not centered on Earth but rather on the sun. -
Jun 3, 1524
Copernicus wrote the Letter against Werner
Copernicus's Letter against Werner was provoked by Johann Werner's work "Motion of the Eighth Spheres". -
Jan 1, 1530
Copernicus wrote a study on the valure of money "Monetae Cudendae Ratio"
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Jan 1, 1533
Johann Albrecht Widmannstetter outlined Copernicus's theory
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Jan 1, 1542
Manuscript for De Revolutionibus was sent to be printed
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May 24, 1543
The official printing date of De Revolutionibus
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May 24, 1543
Copernicus's death
In Frombork Warmia -
May 24, 1543
The Copernican Revoltion began
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Jan 1, 1576
Prima Narratio "The First Narrative"
Joachim Rheticus published an account of the Copernican universe in Rheticus's book "Prima Narratio" or "First Narrative". -
Galileo adopted the Copernican model
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Galileo Galilei built the telescope based on Copernicus's studies of the Heliocentric Theory
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Galileo discovered the four moons of Jupiter which supported the Copernican theory
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Galileo, with his telescope discovered the Milky Way
