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Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus
Born: Toruń, Poland, Europe
Died: Frombork, Poland, Europe -
Period: Dec 31, 1514 to Oct 15, 1564
Andreas Vesalius
Born: Brussels, Habsburg Netherlands
Died: Zakynthos, Greece -
Jan 1, 1541
Human Organs Described
Versalius displays human organs and structure -
May 1, 1543
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Copernicus publishes famous book -
Period: Jan 22, 1561 to
Francis Bacon
Born: Strand, London, England
Died: Highgate, London, England -
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
Born: Pisa, Duchy of Florence, Italy
Died: Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Italy -
Period: Dec 27, 1571 to
Johannes Kepler
Born: Free Imperial City of Weil der Stadt near Stuttgart, HRE (now part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Died: Regensburg, Electorate of Bavaria, HRE (now Germany) -
Period: Apr 1, 1578 to
William Harvey
Born: Folkestone, Kent, England
Died: Roehampton, London, England -
Sun is the Center
Kepler destroyed the Ptolemaic system -
Period: to
René Descartes
Born: La Haye en Touraine, Touraine, France
Died: Stockholm, Sweden, Europe -
Inductive Reasoning
Bacon suggests what scientists should learn -
The Starry Messenger
Galileo publishes famous book -
Period: to
Margaret Cavendish
Born: Colchester, Essex, England
Died: Suddenly (location not given) -
Period: to
Robert Boyle
Born: Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland
Died: London, England, Europe -
Heart circulates the blood
Harvey proves theory -
Discourse on Method
Descartes publishes famous book -
Period: to
Isaac Newton
Born: Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, Lincolnshire, England
Died: Kensington, Middlesex, England -
Scientific Method
Boyle shows scientific method -
Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy
Cavendish publishes book -
Period: to
Maria Winkelmann
Born: Beisch, Electorate of Saxony, Germany
Died: Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, Germany -
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Newton publishes famous book -
Comet Discovered
Winkelmann spots comet -
Period: to
Antoine Lavoisier
Born: Paris, France
Died: Paris, France -
Stoichiometry
Lavoisier completes experiments