Many People

By Kaylaberger
  • 276 BCE

    Eratosthenes born

  • 240 BCE

    Eratosthenes measured the Earth

  • 230 BCE

    Eratosthenes was inspired by astronomy

  • 194 BCE

    Eratosthenes died

    He commited suicide by starving himself
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Born

  • Construction

    Galileo made a mechanical device for mathematical calculations

  • Johannes Kepler

    Galileo was inspired by his book and work.

  • Jupiter

    Galileo discovered the 4 moons orbiting around Jupiter, proving the Heliocentric theory.

  • Telescope

    Galileo made a telescope 3 times as powerful as the Dutch device

  • Galileo Died

  • Charles Darwin Born

    He was born in the UK

  • Darwin sent to college

    His father sent him to college to become a doctor

  • Darwin’s Book

    He publichsed a book explaining natural selection and evolution

  • Born

    Marie Curie was born as Maria Sklodowska

  • Alred Wegener was born

  • Darwin passed

    He passed at the age of 73

  • Marriage

    Marie married Pierre, he influenced her

  • Dicovered polonium

    Marie saw that Polonium was 400 times as radioactive than any other element

  • Radium disovered

    Marie saw that Radium was 900 times more radioactive than polonium

  • Harry Hess was born

  • Wegener proposed the idea of continental drift

  • Portable X-rays

    Marie invented the first portable x-ray machine for soldiers at war.

  • Francis Crick Born

    He was born in the UK

  • Rosalind Franklin was born

    She was born in the UK

  • James Watson born

    He was born in Chicago & is still alive

  • Alfred Wegener died

  • Death

    Marie died of leukemia

  • Harry Hess “discovered” plate tectonics

    He found more information on the plate tectonics

  • Rosalind’s best picture taken

    The clearest picture she captured of DNA (photograph 51) was taken

  • Watsons & Crick discover DNA structure

    Using Franklin’s picture they put together the structure of DNA

  • Rosalind Franklin passed

    She died in the UK

  • Harry Hess died

  • Francis Crick passed away

    He died in San Diego, CA