Nicolaus Copernicus

Birthday

Feb 19, 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 feburary, 1473

Nicolaus Copernicus

Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 25, 1543

Astronomer

first interests

Mar 31, 1491

Nicholaus first went on to study painting and mathematics at the University of Krakow. Although he first didnt go on to study Astronomy he began to grow interest in it.

Observation #1

Aug 23, 1497

Nicolas is known for 27 observations that he recorded in his book De revolutionibus. The first observation was that he had seen the moon eclipse, "the brightest star in the eye of the bull"

Use of observation #1

Aug 15, 1498

He most likely used his first observation to check the new and full moon tables, used in the Novaras forecast.

Lecture

Mar 30, 1500

In 1500 Nicolaus was invited to speak in front of a interest group about his interest in mathematics but it is not known what his lecture subject was about

Back to school

Mar 30, 1501

Nicolaus went back to school to study medicine at the University of Padua. Medicine and astrology were hand and hand during this time because it was said that the stars effected the body.

Little Commentary

May 10, 1512

Nicolaus wrote little Commentary, A pamphlet that talks about the Earth revolving around the sun. The church disagreed with this theory. He outlined the Heliocentric theory in his book.

observation #2

Apr 11, 1514

By 1514 Nicolaus had gathered enough information from observing the sky to great the pages in his books. From his observations his theory staed that the earth is not the center of the universe, the universe has no center, and that the center would be near the sun. he wanted people to shift from geocentric to Heliocentric.

Moving on

Apr 13, 1516

After four years in school his uncle sent him to Italy to study law. Because of his growing interest in Astronomy he began to learn Greek to be able understand most works of astronomy that was written in Greek.

final observation

Apr 11, 1532

Nicolaus finished his obersavations of the sky and applied his observations to mathematics to identify the universe. he completed his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium – The Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, but did not publish it.

The Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres.

Nov 8, 1532

By 1532 Nicolaus had published his 6th book on astronomy. This book described the planetary motion that was backed up by mathematics.

Wrong name for fame

Oct 30, 1541

When the Heliocentric hypothesis was published, Nicolaus name was not on his hypothesis. Georg Rheticus claimed his fame

Nicolaus Copernicus death

Apr 11, 1543

May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Passed away