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1 giorno fa · In 1619, Galileo became embroiled in a controversy with Father Orazio Grassi, professor of mathematics at the Jesuit Collegio Romano. It began as a dispute over the nature of comets, but by the time Galileo had published The Assayer ( Il Saggiatore ) in 1623, his last salvo in the dispute, it had become a much wider controversy over ...
2 giorni fa · Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Archduke Charles II of Inner Austria and Maria of Bavaria, who were devout Catholics.
3 giorni fa · Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European competition for the New World, which had been dominated by the Spanish since the voyages of Christopher Columbus in the late 15th century.
4 giorni fa · In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler between 1609 and 1619, describe the orbits of planets around the Sun. The laws modified the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus , replacing its circular orbits and epicycles with elliptical trajectories, and explaining how planetary velocities vary.
23 mag 2024 · The 1619 Project Podcast. Common Reading 2020-21: Listen. Learn. Act. The 1619 Project Podcast & This is My America. This year's theme, Listen. Learn. Act., is dedicated to learning about Black peoples and their experiences especially in the US. An Introduction to the 1619 Project and this Guide.
28 mag 2024 · Anne of Denmark (born Dec. 12, 1574—died March 2, 1619) was the queen consort of King James I of Great Britain and Ireland (James VI of Scotland); although she had little direct political influence, her extravagant expenditures contributed to the financial difficulties that plagued James’s regime.
17 mag 2024 · Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente (born May 20, 1537, Acquapendente, Italy—died May 21, 1619, Padua) was an Italian surgeon, an outstanding Renaissance anatomist who helped found modern embryology.
