The publication of Copernicus’s heliocentric theory
The publication of Copernicus’s heliocentric theory
The facts
| Dates | AD 1543 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The publication of Copernicus’s heliocentric theory falls 5547 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
The invention of the printing press by Johannes GutenbergAD 1454Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the AmericasAD 1492Zapotecs (Monte Alban,Mixtla)AD 1500Michelangelo finishes painting the Sistine Chapel ceilin 1517- A.D. Th…AD 1512The founding of the British East India CompanyAD 1600Galileo Galilei confirms the heliocentric theoryAD 1632The Industrial RevolutionAD 1760 – AD 1840The establishment of the United States Postal ServiceAD 1775
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