Galileo Galilei vs Hugo Grotius
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Compare the life timelines of Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) and Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1583 to 1642.
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Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
- — Born in Pisa Verified
- — Discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter Verified
- — Published Sidereus Nuncius
- — Published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
- — Condemned by the Roman Inquisition and sentenced to house arrest Verified
- — Died at Arcetri, near Florence Verified
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645)
- — Born in Delft, Holland Verified
- — Entered Leiden University at age eleven Verified
- — Received a doctorate in law from the University of Orleans Verified
- — Married Maria van Reigersberch Verified
- — Published Mare Liberum, arguing for freedom of the seas Verified
- — Sentenced to life imprisonment at Loevestein Castle Verified
- — Escaped from Loevestein Castle hidden in a book chest and fled to Paris Verified
- — Published De jure belli ac pacis (On the Law of War and Peace) Verified
- — Served as Sweden's ambassador to France Verified
- — Died at Rostock after a shipwreck in the Baltic Verified