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June
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Solar Eclipse Observed and Recorded in Assyria
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July
1054
Supernova Near Star Zeta Tauri - Will be Visible Day & Night for Months
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January
1118
Death of Pope Paschal II in Rome
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1330
Birth of Alchemist Nicolas Flamel
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1452
Birth of Leonardo da Vinci - Artist, Humanist, Scientist, Naturalist
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1473
Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus
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March
1497
First Recorded Astronomical Observations by Nicolaus Copernicus
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1546
Birth of Tycho Brahe, Danish Alchenist and Last of the Naked-Eye Astronomers
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January
1561
Birth of Francis Bacon in England
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February
1564
Birth of Galileo Galilei
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1571
Death of Johannes Kepler, German Astronomer and Mathematician
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January
1593
Giordano Bruno's Seven Year Trial Begins
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February
1600
Vatican Convicts Scholar Giordano Bruno of Heresy
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1600
Giordano Bruno Burned at the Stake for Heresy
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August
1609
Galileo Galilei Shows an Early Telescope he has Improved Upon
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January
1610
Galileo Galilei First Observes Jupiter's Moons
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December
1612
Astronomer Galileo Galilei First to Observe Planet Neptune
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1616
Spanish Inquisition Orders Galileo Galilei to Stop
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1616
Vatican Bans Books Defending Truth of Copernicanism
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1616
Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Bellarmine Declare Copernicanism False
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1627
Birth of Robert Boyle in England
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November
1630
Death of Johannes Kepler, German Mathematician, Astronomer and Astrologer
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February
1632
Galileo Publishes Book Defending Heliocentrism
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1633
Galileo to Stand Trial Before Inquisition for Heresy
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1633
Galileo Galilei Forced to Denounce His Copernican Ideas
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1642
Death of Galileo Calilei in Tuscany
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1646
Birth of Gottfried Leibniz, German Philosopher & Mathematician
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1686
Isaac Newton's First Volume of Principia is Published
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July
1687
Isaac Newton Publishes Entire Principia, Explaining Basic Physical Theories & Principles
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1691
Death of English Scientist and Chemist Robert Boyle
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1707
Birth of Leonhard Euler, Greatest Mathematician in 18th Century
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1707
Birth of Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish Botanist & Zoologist
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1734
Death of Franz Anton Mesmer in Germany
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1734
Birth of Physician Franz Anton Mesmer
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1761
Death of English Clergyman Thomas Bayes
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1766
German Physician Franz Mesmer Publishes Thesis on Magnetism
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1769
Birth of French Naturalist Georges Cuvier, Founder of Functional Anatomy
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1777
Franz Mesmer Expelled From Practicing Medicine in Vienna
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1778
Birth of Carl Linnaeus
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1783
Death of Mathematician Leonhard Euler in Russia
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1797
Birth of Scottish Geologist Sir Charles Lyell
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1798
Birth of Auguste Comte in France
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1802
Birth of Erasmus Darwin, Grandfather of Charles Darwin
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1808
Birth of Emma Wedgwood, Future Wife of Charles Darwin
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1809
Birth of Author Charles Darwin, Author of Evolutionary Theory
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1820
HMS Beagle Launched, Will Participate in Three Survey Missions
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1822
Birth of Gregor Mendel, Augustinian Monk Who Researches Genetics
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1823
Birth of Alfred Russel Wallace in Wales
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1824
Birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, Defender of Charles Darwin
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1826
HMS Beagle Makes First Voyage
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