§ 1564 – Birth in Pisa, Italy
§ 1585 – Leaves University of Pisa without degree and works as tutor
§ 1586 – Invents hydrostatic balance; wrote La Balancitta (The little balance)
§ 1592 – Appointed professor of mathematics at University of Padua, remains 18 years
§ ~1593 – Invents early thermometer that unfortunately depended on both temperature and pressure
§ ~1595 – Invents improved ballistics calculation geometric and military compass, which he later improves for surveying and general calculations and earns income from tutoring on its use
§ 1604 – Measures supernova position indicating no parallax for the new star
§ 1606 – Publishes manual for his calculating compass
§ 1609 – Independently invents and improves telescopes based on description of invention by Hans Lippershey
§ 1610 – Lifetime appointment to mathematics position at University of Padua, and as mathematician and philosopher for Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
§ 1611 – Discovers phases of Venus; granted audience with Pope; made member of Lincean Academy
§ 1612 – Proposed Jupiter's moons could be used as a universal clock for possible determination of longitude
§ 1616 – Officially warned by the Church not to hold or defend the Copernican System
§ 1617 – Moves into Bellosguardo, west of Florence, near his daughters' convent; observes double star Mizar in Ursa Major
§ 1623 – Publishes The Assayer
§ 1624 – Visits Pope who praises and honours him, leaving with assumed permission to publish work on the Copernican vs. Ptolemaic Systems; used a compound microscope
§ 1633 – sentenced by the Inquisition to imprisonment, commuted to house arrest, for vehement suspicion of heresy
§ 1642 – death in Arcetri, Italy
§ 1585 – Leaves University of Pisa without degree and works as tutor
§ 1586 – Invents hydrostatic balance; wrote La Balancitta (The little balance)
§ 1592 – Appointed professor of mathematics at University of Padua, remains 18 years
§ ~1593 – Invents early thermometer that unfortunately depended on both temperature and pressure
§ ~1595 – Invents improved ballistics calculation geometric and military compass, which he later improves for surveying and general calculations and earns income from tutoring on its use
§ 1604 – Measures supernova position indicating no parallax for the new star
§ 1606 – Publishes manual for his calculating compass
§ 1609 – Independently invents and improves telescopes based on description of invention by Hans Lippershey
§ 1610 – Lifetime appointment to mathematics position at University of Padua, and as mathematician and philosopher for Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany
§ 1611 – Discovers phases of Venus; granted audience with Pope; made member of Lincean Academy
§ 1612 – Proposed Jupiter's moons could be used as a universal clock for possible determination of longitude
§ 1616 – Officially warned by the Church not to hold or defend the Copernican System
§ 1617 – Moves into Bellosguardo, west of Florence, near his daughters' convent; observes double star Mizar in Ursa Major
§ 1623 – Publishes The Assayer
§ 1624 – Visits Pope who praises and honours him, leaving with assumed permission to publish work on the Copernican vs. Ptolemaic Systems; used a compound microscope
§ 1633 – sentenced by the Inquisition to imprisonment, commuted to house arrest, for vehement suspicion of heresy
§ 1642 – death in Arcetri, Italy