Galileo Galilei
15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642
Italian astronomer and physicist whose telescopic discoveries and defense of heliocentrism made him a central figure of the Scientific Revolution.
Lived at the same time
Well-documented people whose lives overlapped with Galileo Galilei.
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643) Overlapped 75 years →
- Mulla Sadra (1571–1640) Overlapped 69 years →
- William Harvey (1578–1657) Overlapped 64 years →
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) Overlapped 63 years →
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626) Overlapped 62 years →
- Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635) Overlapped 61 years →
Life events
Birth
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Discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter
7 January 1610
The discovery, made with his improved telescope, provided strong evidence against the geocentric model.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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Published Sidereus Nuncius
13 March 1610
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Published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems
1632
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Condemned by the Roman Inquisition and sentenced to house arrest
22 June 1633
Source:
en.wikipedia.org
Other
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Death
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