Galileo

Galileo Galilei Timeline

  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo's Birth

    Galileo's Birth
    Galileo was born in Pisa, Italy by his father Vicenzo Galilei and his mother Giulia di Cosimo Ammannati(Goddard to Debonno 117-119).
  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo's Life and Death

  • Galileo starts teaching in Pisa

    Galileo starts teaching in Pisa
    He starts teaching in pisa and makes his famous dropping experiment to disprove Aristotles theory that heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones(Goddard to Debonno 117-119).
  • Galileo's Father Dies

    Galileo's Father Dies
    <a href='http://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincenzo-Galilei' Galileo's father dies of unkown causes in 1591. He was an italian singer and performer who had sung greek songs. He had loved his life and family but on that day he dies of causes that to this day are still unknown(Goddard to Debonno 117-119).
  • William Shakespeare writes "Romeo and Juliet"

    William Shakespeare writes "Romeo and Juliet"
    Life and writings of Shakespeare
    He creates a thriller about 2 people who love each other but their families dont like each other so they have to hide there love.
  • William Gilbert Explains Electricity

    William Gilbert Explains Electricity
    He was interestedin magenetism when he was younger, he ended up figuring out how the earth rotates with magenetic feild and how it worked with electricty.
  • Galileo has his first children!

    Galileo has his first children!
    His First and second daughters are born, Virginia and Maria. the mother is Marina Gamba. Though the two only had a quick relationship they still had kids together(James Reston Jr.).
  • Johannes Kepler Publishes His Laws On Planetary Motion

    Johannes Kepler Publishes His Laws On Planetary Motion
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    Kepler publishes a book on his laws of the planets motion. his 3 main laws were, The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cube of the mean distances, Planets move in ellipses with the sun at one focus. The last one is that the radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.
  • IT'S A BOY! First born son.

    IT'S A BOY! First born son.
    Galileo has his first son, Vincenzo Gamba. The mother is also Marina Gamba who also had 2 daughters with Galileo(James Reston Jr.).
  • Jamestown founded in 1607

    Jamestown founded in 1607
    Jamestown 1607
    Jamestown was founded in 1607 by english colonists. It was the first colony set up by the english. It also set a key point in American history when we started to get angry at the english for raising taxes on a newly found colony.
  • Samuel De Champlain Founded the first Canadian Settlement

    Samuel De Champlain Founded the first Canadian Settlement
    First Canadian settlement
    He founded the now known as city of Quebec. He was sailing the St.Lawrence river when he stumbled across a new land. H elater named it and founded it in 1608
  • Discovers Moon's surface in not completely smooth!

    Discovers Moon's surface in not completely smooth!
    Galileo Discovers that the moon has an uneven surface with his telescope.(Goddard to Debonno 117-119).
  • Jupiter has 4 moon's

    Jupiter has 4 moon's
    Galileo discovers 4 moons orbiting Jupiter. He follows the patterns and daily movements of the moons each day and records it in his journal(Goddard to Debonno).
  • Galileo's Treatice on Comets, "The Assayer" is published

    Galileo's Treatice on Comets, "The Assayer" is published
    Galileo's book gets published with Urban VIII's Blessing. He publishes a book about comets, how they work, how they are created and whhy they are formed.
  • Galileo is Convicted of Heresy

    Galileo is Convicted of Heresy
    He was convicted because he went against the church's beleifs of the solar system, he beleived in the Heliocentric theory which eventually was proved correct AGAIN.
  • Isacc Newton Born on Galileo's Death day

    Isacc Newton Born on Galileo's Death day
    Isacc Newton's life and birth
    On this day in 1642, one of the greatest minds in science was born, Isacc Newton. He was born to his mother Hannah Ayscough and his Father Isacc Newton Sr. Sadly Isacc never got to really know his father because he died at an early age.
  • Galileo's Death :(

    Galileo's Death :(
    Sadly on January 8th Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri, Italy of a bad Fever and Heart Palpitations at the age of 77(Goddard to Debonno 117-119).