Scientific Revolution

  • Copernicus is born
    Feb 19, 1473

    Copernicus is born

    Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Thorn, Poland. He was the son of a very succesful merchant, but when his father died Copernicus was rasied by his uncle who got him involved in astronomy, philosophy, and other sciences.
  • Andreas Vesalius: On the Fabric of the Human Body
    Nov 17, 1543

    Andreas Vesalius: On the Fabric of the Human Body

    This was considered to be the basis of biology. It was the first modern work of science and in it Vesalius makes a lot of new observations about the structure of the human body.
  • Council of Trent
    Dec 13, 1545

    Council of Trent

    Pope Paul III at Trento in northern Italy, it served to revitalize Roman Catholicism in many parts of Europe. There were three periods of the Council of Trent and each one had its own problems being addressed. But by the end of the 16th century, many of the abuses that had motivated the Protestant Reformation had disappeared, and the church had reclaimed many of its European followers.
  • Gailileo and gravity

    Gailileo and gravity

    He demonstrates, that a one pound weight and a 100 pound weight dropped from the same height at the same time, off the leaning tower of Pisa, hit the ground at the exact same moment. This proved Aristotles theory to be wrong.