PHY 313/CEI 544 Timeline
| 1000-1100 | Eleventh Century; Norman Invasion (1066); University of Bologna founded |
| 1225-1274 | Thomas Acquinas ("Medieval Scholaticism") |
| 1265-1321 | Dante Alighieri |
| 1300-1358 | Jean Buridan (Paris) "impetus" theory -- beyond Aristotle |
| 1397-1468 | Johannes Gutenberg (Mainz. Bible -- 1455) |
| 1452-1519 | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| 1473-1543 | Nicholas Copernicus |
| 1483-1546 | Martin Luther |
| 1545-1563 | Council of Trent (counter reformation) |
| 1546-1601 | Tycho Brahe |
| 1564-1616 | William Shakespeare |
| 1564-1642 | Galileo Galilei (born Pisa; died Florence) |
| 1571-1630 | Johannes Kepler (Tubingen) |
| 1581-1585 | Galileo studies in Pisa |
| 1587 | Galileo visits Rome; begins teaching in Pisa |
| 1589 | Vincenzio Galilei (Galileo's father) dies |
| 1592 | Galileo begins teaching in Padua |
| 1596-1650 | Rene Descartes |
| 1600 | Giordano Bruno burned; Virginia (S. Maria Celeste) born in Padua |
| 1601 | Livia (S. Arcangela) born in Padua |
| 1604 | nova (supernova) Galileo's three public lectures |
| 1605 | Vincenzio born in Padua |
| 1607 | Jamestown |
| 1608 | telescope invented in Holland |
| 1609 | Cosimo II becomes Grand Duke of Tuscany. Galileo builds and improves telescope. Discoveries: roughness of moon; Medicean stars; phases of Venus |
| 1610 | Starry Messenger published. Galileo moves from Padua to Florence. |
| 1611 | visit to Rome; member of Lyncean Academy; debate on floating bodies |
| 1613 | Sunspot Letters published; Virginia and Livia enter convent of San Matteo |
| 1616 | Galileo in Rome; manuscript on tides; De Revolutionibus (Copernicus)
"suspended pending corrections."
Virginia takes vows, becoming Suor Maria Celeste |
| 1617 | Galileo buys villa at Bellosguardo
Livia takes vows, becoming Suor Arcangela |
| 1618 | 3 comets; 30 Years War begins |
| 1619 | Marina Gamba dies |
| 1620 | Mayflower; Plymouth
Colony
"corrected" De Revolutionibus removed from index of prohibited books Madonna Giulia (Galileo's mother) dies at 82; Cosimo II dies at 30. |
| 1622 | Pope Gregory dies; Barberini becomes Pope Urban VIII; The Assayer published. |
| 1624 | visit to Rome |
| 1632-1675 | Johannes Vermeer (Delft) (camera obscura?) |
| 1642 | Galileo Dies; Newton born |