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Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei is born
Galileo is born in Pisa to his paents Vincenzo Galilei and Guilia Ammannati. Vincenzo, We dont know alot about his siblings all we know is he was the oldest of 6 and had at least 2 sisters. we know his sisters names because he named his two daughters about them. this is not an actual picture of galileo since their aren't any survivning from when he was a child. -
Jan 8, 1580
Oda Nobunga becomes master of japan
This event occured when Oda forceed the Ishyamhongan-ji to surrender making him the master of almost all of Japan. although he didn't control the north and south were rejecting his athority. Their is no exact date known. (fsmitha.com) -
creates first thermometer
Galileo's thermometer was not a standard thermometer but a tube filled with water and bulbs of difrent densities. as it heated the water expanded and the less dense bubbles would rise. The origional thermometer didn't have numbers but later numbers where added. The exact date is not none for this date. ("Facts About Galileo Galilei.") -
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designed a military compass
This compass made it much easier to fire cannons. It also greatly improved battlefield accuracy for soldiers. This compass had seven lines that made many battlefield calculations much quicker and easier. The exact date this occured is unknown. (Drake, Stillman) -
dutch east india company starts trade with asia
This event created a monopoly of asian goods for the dutch east india company. Although it was a risky business because the ships were prone to pirates,diseas, and shipwreck This was also a very profitable business and the dutch east india company became quite rich. The exact date trade started is unknown (fsmith.com) -
publishes theory of uniform acceleration
This theory stated that all objects fall at an equal rate regardless of their weight. For example if you have an object that weighs 3 pounds and an object that weighs 4 pounds they will fall at the same speed if they have equal friction. the story goes that Galileo proved this by dropping two objects of the Tower of Pisa. their is no evidance this happened but it is possible. The date is also unknown ("Galileo") -
king james bible is started
The King James Bible is one of the most widley used bibles and it was started in 1604 and wasn't finished until 1611. This bible was commissioned by King James and has over 6 billion copies published. We don't know the exact date it was started but we do know it was started near the end of the year. (fsmitha.com) -
australlia was "discoverd"
william janszoon was in charge of the dutch ship which was blown off course and ended up in australia. There he was attacked by aborigines and promptly abandonned expidition of the country. It is speculated that another explorer may have seen the country but never went there. Their is no known date of this event. (fsmitha.com) -
the settlement of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first sucsessful british settlement in North America. They had origionally tried to settle at Roanoke but failed and the tribe disapeared. this colony though was a sucsess and was named after King James who funded their trip. (fsmitha.com) -
galileo builds his telescope
galileo's telescope was based on one by another european whose telescope magnified aproximately 3 times normal size. Galileos first telescope magnified about 6 times normal size. Galileos final telescope could magnify things 20-32 time their normal size. This was done using several relfexive lenses. the exact date Galileo built his telescope is unknown. (Swisher, Clarice) -
Galileo publishes his first book of findings called Sidereus Nuncius
A few topics covered in this book are, the craters of the moon, the fact the Milky Way is actually made out of stars, Jupiters moons, observations of Saturns rings, and the phases of Venus. the title of this book means starry messannger. This book helped him prove heliosentrism or the fact that the sun is the center of our solar system.The exact date of publication is unknown.(Swisher, Clarice) -
roman catholic church declares his writing hersey
This is because Galileo firmly believed in heliocentrism and atemped to sway others from the churches point of view. At the time the church believed that the sun went around the earth. so Galileo's ideas conflicted with the churches ideas they stopped his writings. The exact date this decree went out is unknown. (David, Andrew) -
pilgrams settle massachusetts
The pilgrams land in Massachusetts after being blown of course atempting to reech Jamestown. The Pilgrams were greated and saved by local tribes who helped them get settled and gave them food. The Pilgrams had fled Enland because the wanted a place where they could practice there own religion. (fsmitha.com) -
convicted of hersay
The Roman Catholic Church convicted Galileo of hersey for believing in heliocentism and trying to sway others from the churches beliefs. This was viewed as an attack on the churches ideals and thus he was convicted.Galileo was placed under lifetime house arrest after he was convicted. The exact date of his conviction is unknown. (David, Andrew) -
discovers the moon consistantly wobbles
The wobbles in the moon were discovered while Galileo was under house arrest and was nearly blind. This wobble is due to the moons eliptical orbit and as the moon gets closer to the planet the more gravity affects the moon. Also during this time he discovered Neptune although he thought it was a dim star. The exact date Galileo observed these objects is unknown. (David, Andrew) -
Galileo dies
Galileo died at the age of 77 at his house in Arcetri Italy. He was under house arrest for his belief in heliocentrism or that all the planets go around the sun. He would be convicted of hersay until 1992 when pope John Paul the II made a public apology.
