Galileo Galilei confirms the heliocentric theory
Galileo Galilei confirms the heliocentric theory
The facts
| Dates | AD 1632 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
Galileo Galilei confirms the heliocentric theory falls 5636 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
Michelangelo finishes the Sistine Chapel ceilingAD 1512The Protestant ReformationAD 1517The publication of Copernicus’s heliocentric theoryAD 1543The founding of the British East India CompanyAD 1600The Industrial RevolutionAD 1760 – AD 1840The establishment of the United States Postal ServiceAD 1775The American Declaration of IndependenceAD 1776The invention of the cotton ginAD 1793
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