History of Astronomy By priscillajoshy Period: 250 BCE to 450 Age of Ancient Empires 190 BCE Hipparchus Born Hipparchus, The Great Astronomer of Antiquity 146 BCE Rome Conquers Greece 129 BCE Hipparchus completes the first star catalog 127 BCE Hipparchus Dies 4 BCE Jesus the Messiah 30 Pentecost and the Early Church 64 Persecution Spreads the Gospel 70 Herod's Temple Destroyed by Titus 100 Ptolemy Born 129 Galen born 150 Ptolemy Completes Almagest 168 Ptolemy dies 216 Galen Dies Period: 450 to 1500 Middle Ages Period: 1350 to 1600 Renaissance Period: 1400 to 1600 Age of Exploration 1452 Leonardo da Vinci born 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus born 1478 Spanish Inquisition 1492 Columbus Sails to Caribbean 1500 Middle Ages End 1500 Age of Absolute Monarch Begin Period: 1500 to 1800 Age of Absolute Monarchs 1517 Protestant Reformation 1519 Leonardo da Vinci dies 1519 Spanish Conquistadors in the America 1536 Calvin's Institute of the Christian Religion 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus dies 1564 Galileo Born 1571 Kepler born 1600 Baroch Period of the Arts Begin 1603 Japan's Isolation 1607 Jamestown colony founded 1620 Plymouth colony founded 1625 Cassini born 1630 Kepler dies 1642 Galileo Dies 1642 Sir Isaac Newton Period: 1650 to 1800 Age of Enlightenment 1670 Hudson's Bay Company 1712 Cassini dies 1727 Sir Isaac Newton dies 1750 Baroch Period of the Arts End Period: 1760 to 1969 Age of Industry 1800 Age of Absolute Monarch End Period: 1970 to 2025 Age of Information and Globalisation