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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo is born
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Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
The Life of Galileo
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Sep 5, 1581
Galileo enrolls at the University of Pisa
His father wants him to study medicine.
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Galileo withdraws from the Universiy
He returns home to Florence without a degree.
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Galileo is employed by the University of Pisa
Mathematics lecturer
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Galileo is employed at the University of Padua
Chair of mathematics
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Galileo constructs a military compass
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A new star appears in the sky
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Began work on the telescope
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Galileo publishes his findings
Sidereus Nuncius (The Sidereal Messenger)
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Galileo publishes Saggiatore (The Assayer)
In response to three comets and a Jesuit astronomer.
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Galileo publishes Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican
His most controversial book
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Galileo is summoned to stand trial for heresay
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Galileo is convicted
Placed under house arrest and recanted his scientific positions.
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Galileo's favorite daughter dies
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Galileo goes blind
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Galileo dies