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Feb 15, 1564
Birth of Galileo Galilei
Galileo was born in February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy -
1574
Galileo and family move to Florence
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1581
Galileo attends college
Galileo enters the University of Pisa to study medicine. -
Debate about Kepler's Nova
Galileo debates its significance with conservative scholars. -
Galileo develops his own device
Summer of 1609 news of the the telescope invention reached Italy. In August Galileo improved it and made his own device inspired by it. -
Galileo's first observation
In Autumn Galileo made his first observation using his telescope, uneven surface of the moon -
Another discovery
Galileo discovers four moons orbiting Jupiter -
inquisition
Father Tommasso Caccini attacks Galileo in sermon in Florence, and later denounces him to the inquisition -
dialogue concerning the 2 chief world system
Dialogue concerning the 2 chief world system published in Florence with tentative Papal approval. -
Final Interrogation
Galileo is charged with heresy and is forced to confess his errors renounce the Copernican system and accept the church judgement. He was sentenced to imprisonment under house arrest -
Death of Galileo
Galileo died in Arcentri, Italy after suffering from a fever and heart palpitations at the age of 77.
