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Galileo Galilei is born. He was born in Pisa, Italy. Galileo will grow up to become a famous astrologist
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Tycho Brahe observes a supernova, now known as the Tycho's Star
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The microscope is invented by Hans Lippershey, Sacharias Jansen, and Hans Jenssen.
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Viète represented Pi as an infinite number
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Galileo studies the Law of the Pendulum. He notices that a pendulum will move at a constant speed. The pendulum was originally used as a time keeper.
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Galileo witnesses a new star eventually burning out. This shows that the heavens were not perfect and that they did change. This did not go along with the church's beliefs.
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Galileo sees that the moon is rough through a telescope. People thought the moon was smooth. They only thought that way by looking at the moon with a naked eye.
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Galileo dicovers Jupiter's 4 moons. These are later called the Galilean Moons. When studying these, he thought they were stars but then noticed that they orbited around Jupiter.
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Galileo is first to study Saturn's rings. He first thought they were "large moons" or handles. These rings disappeared 2 years later.
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Galileo publishes "The Starry Messenger". This contained ilustrations of stars he observed. The title page was used as an advertisement.
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Kepler states that microscopes and telescope can only use Convergent Lenses
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William Harvey confirms that blood circulates through out the body
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Galileo is charged of hersey. He is put on trial and put in house arrest. Galileo will not be able to study space anymore,
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Galileo loses sight due to an infection. He could not get medical attention since he was under house arrest. Galileo could not look into space.
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Galileo dies while under house arrest. He contradicted the church's beleifs and teachings. Galileo was a great astrologist
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Isaac Newton is born.
