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1 giorno fa · Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at its center.
- 24 May 1543 (aged 70), Frauenburg, Royal Prussia, Poland
22 apr 2024 · Nicolaus Copernicus (born February 19, 1473, Toruń, Royal Prussia, Poland—died May 24, 1543, Frauenburg, East Prussia [now Frombork, Poland]) Polish astronomer who proposed that the planets have the Sun as the fixed point to which their motions are to be referred; that Earth is a planet which, besides orbiting the Sun annually ...
- Why is Nicolaus Copernicus famous?Nicolaus Copernicus was an astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system, that the planets orbit around the Sun; that Earth is a planet which, besi...
- Where did Nicolaus Copernicus study?Nicolaus Copernicus studied liberal arts—including astronomy and astrology—at the University of Cracow (Kraków). He continued his studies at the Un...
- What did Nicolaus Copernicus do for a living?As a church canon, Nicolaus Copernicus worked for a bishopric in Poland collecting rents; securing military defenses; overseeing chapter finances;...
- How did Nicolaus Copernicus influence others?Before Nicolaus Copernicus published his heliocentric theory, people generally agreed that the Moon and the Sun orbited the motionless Earth and th...
3 giorni fa · Ottoman admiral Barbarossa fought in alliance with France. Ottoman embassies were sent to France, with the Ottoman embassy to France (1533) led by Hayreddin Barbarossa, and the Ottoman embassy to France (1534) led by representatives of Suleiman.
1 giorno fa · Tokugawa Ieyasu [a] [b] (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; [c] January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
10 apr 2024 · Ṭahmāsp, the eldest son of Shah Ismāʿīl I, founder of the Safavid dynasty, was for a long period after coming to the throne a pawn of powerful Kizilbash amīr s, or chiefs. Three times (1534, 1538, and 1543) Ottoman forces invaded Iran, recovering territory lost earlier and capturing new areas. Hostility between the Ottomans ...
3 giorni fa · Nuova municipalità collegiale di nove membri scelti dal Consiglio comunale dal 25 ottobre 1802: Francesco Bignami sostituito poi da Carlo Arconati, Pietro Carcano, Carlo Costa, Emanuele Gallarati, Aurelio Rezzonico, Gaetano Sacchi, Pietro Saint Clair, Antonio Scorpioni e Carlo Villa. Municipalità di Milano.
11 apr 2024 · Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Jan. 31, 1543, Okazaki, Japan—died June 1, 1616, Sumpu) was the founder of the last shogunate in Japan—the Tokugawa, or Edo, shogunate (1603–1867). Early life
