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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Scientific Discoveries
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Mar 15, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus concludes the theory that the earth rotates on its axis
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Mar 15, 1543
Copernicus discovers that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun
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Galileo devised the law of the pendulum (Unknown Month)
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Galileo develops magnifying power on the telescope
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Galileo discovers the four moons of Jupiter
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Galileo discovers that the Milky Way is a dense collection of stars
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Newton set forth the law of Gravitation
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Newton published his fluxional method, calculus (Unknown Month)
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Newton published his work on Spectrums (Unknown Month)
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Galileo's teaching's were finally accepted into Roman Catholic Church
In 1993, Pope John Paul II accepted Galileo's teachiings into the Roman Catholic Church.