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Feb 19, 1473
Copernicus is born in Poland
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1521
Francis Bacon born
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1543
Publication of Copernicus' work on heliocentrism
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Period: 1543 to
Scientific Revolution
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May 24, 1543
Copernicous dies at 70 in East Prussia
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1564
Galileo is born in Pisa.
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Dec 27, 1571
Johannes Kepler is born
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Rene Descartes is born
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Galileo builds his first telescope improving on a Dutch design.
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Kepler creates two laws of planetary motion
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Galileo discovers four of Jupiter's moons and publishes "Siderius Nuncius"
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Galileo brought before religious authorities
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Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion
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"Novum Organum" describing the Baconian Method of science is published.
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Francis Bacon dies
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Kepler dies
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Galileo brought to religious officials again and forced to recant. Placed under house arrest.
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Rene Descartes publishes Discours de la methodé explaining how arithmetic, algebra, and geometry could be combined to solve problems.
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Galileo dies at 79.
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Issac Newton is born
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Descartes dies
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Newton develops the theories of gravitation
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Issac Newton presents his three laws of motion in the "Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis."
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The research of Isaac Newton
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Issac Newton dies