Physics Timeline 1500

Dates	Characters	Theories and discoveries
1514	Nicolaus Copernicus	Writes about heliocentric theory but does not yet publish
1515	Leonardo Da Vinci	Progress in mechanics, aerodynamics and hydraulics
1537	Niccolo Tartaglia	Trajectory of a bullet
1551	Girolamo Cardano	Studies of falling bodies
1553	Giambattista Benedetti	Proposed equality of fall rates
1543	Nicolaus Copernicus	Heliocentric theory published
1546	Gerardus Mercator	Magnetic pole of Earth
1572	Tycho Brahe	Witnesses a supernova, this show that the heavens are not changeless
1574	Tycho Brahe	Observes that a comet is beyond the moon
1576	Tycho Brahe	Constructs a planetary observatory
1576	Thomas Digges	Illustration of an infinite universe surrounding a Copernican solar system
1577	Tycho Brahe	Observes that a comet passes through the orbits of other planets
1581	Galileo Galilei	Constancy of period of pendulum
1581	Robert Norman	Dip of compass shows that Earth is a magnet
1584	Giordano Bruno	Suggests that stars are suns with other Earth’s in orbit
1585	Giovanni Benedetti	Impetus theory is better than Aristotle’s physics
1585	Simon Stevin	Law of equilibrium
1586	Simon Stevin	Pressure in column of liquid
1586	Simon Stevin	Verification of equality of fall rates
1589	Galileo Galilei	Showed that objects fall at the same rate independent of mass
1592	Galileo Galilei	Suggests that physical laws of the heavens are the same as those on Earth
1592	Galileo Galilei	Primitive thermometer
1593	Johannes Kepler	Related planets to platonic solids
1596	David Fabricius	Observes a variable star, (Mira Ceta

Physics Timeline 1500 – 1599