Galileo Timeline

By chaz2
  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo was born to Vencenzo Galilei

  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo Timeline

    This is A timeline of the events that occored during Galileo's life.
  • Jul 5, 1565

    (WorldWide) The Pecil was invented

    It is not known who invented the first pencil. The pencil was first documented in 1565 by Conrad Gesner,
  • Jul 11, 1568

    (Worldwide) Bottled beer was inviented

    The first bottled beer was introduced in 1568 in England.
  • Jun 26, 1574

    Galileo's family moves to Florence

    Galileo's family moves to Florence, and he starts to attend the monastery of Vallombrosa.
  • Sep 4, 1581

    He enters the University of Pisa to study medicine.

    As the story goes, Galileo was in the cathedral at Vallombrosa when he observed a lamp hanging from the ceiling swaying with perfect rhythm. He was fascinated that the lamp took the same amount of time to swing no matter how large the range of swing. He later would apply his theories of pendulums to clocks.

  • Starts taking classes from Ostilio Ricci

    Galileo, fascinated by mathematics and geometry, starts taking classes from Ostilio Ricci, a teacher in the Tuscan court.

  • Galileo, not completing his degree, is forced to leave the University

    Galileo had to leave the University due to lack of funds, this was very dissapointing to him and his family.

  • He publishes an essay on the hydrostatic balance

    Galileo publishes a essay on hydrostatic balance a device to measure the mass of objects.

  • He publishes a paper on the center of gravity in solids

    Gaileo publishes a paper on the center of gravity in solids and is awarded a position as lecturer at the University of Pisa.

  • Galileo applies and is awarded the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua

    Galileo applies and is awarded the chair of mathematics at the University of Padua, where he remained until 1610. Padua is where Galileo did the majority of his work.

  • Galileo writes a letter to Johannes Keple

    Galileo wrote a letter to Johnnes Keple supporting his heliocentric universe theory over that of Aristotle. Galileo would have published, but he was afraid of hate and people not agreeing with his statement.

  • Galileo publishes his theories

    Now called the theory of uniform acceleration. He proved that all bodies, regardless of their weight, fall at an equal rate, in the absence of friction. Also in this paper he stated that a ball thrown in the air follows a parabolic path.

  • Galileo learns of the recent invention, the telescope

    He returned to Padua and is able to improve the magnification of the telescope he bought to 32 powers.

  • Everything in Galileo's world Breaks down

    Simply put, everything in Galileo's world pretty much goes wrong, The Pope, infuriated at the content of "Dialogo," places him on trial for one thing after another.

  • Galileo is placed on trial

    Galileo is forced to make the journey to Rome. He is under suspicion of "vehement suspicion of heresy," but is convicted of holding and teaching the Copernican belief. He is placed under house arrest for eight years until his death.

  • Galileo publishes Discorsi e dimostrazioni mathematiche

    (Dialogue Concerning Two New Sciences, a work about the principles of mechanics.

  • Galileo passed away

    Galileo dies this day due to a long illness that he had.