Scientific Revolution template
How astronomy, anatomy and physics were rebuilt between Copernicus and Newton, 1543–1687.
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How to adapt this template
- A narrow 150-year window means the axis ticks every 25 years; zoom in to see decades.
- Add the people as spans (birth to death) in a separate category to show who overlapped.
- Works well as a printable PDF worksheet.
What's in it
| Event | When | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Copernicus publishes De revolutionibus | 1543 | Astronomy |
| Vesalius publishes De humani corporis fabrica | 1543 | Medicine |
| Kepler's first two laws (Astronomia nova) | 1609 | Astronomy |
| Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius | Mar 1610 | Astronomy |
| Harvey describes blood circulation | 1628 | Medicine |
| Royal Society founded | 28 Nov 1660 | Physics & institutions |
| Newton's Principia | 5 Jul 1687 | Physics & institutions |
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