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1628 CE - 1694 CE: Life of the Italian scientist Marcello Malpighi.
1653 CE: Marcello Malpighi achieves his doctorate in medicine and philosophy at the University of Bologna.
1656 CE - 1659 CE: Marcello Malpighi is Professor of Theoretical Medicine at the University of Pisa.
1659 CE: Marcello Malpighi is appointed Professor of Medicine at the University of Bologna.
1661 CE: Marcello Malpighi publishes 'On the Lungs', in which he reveals his discovery of capillaries in the human circulatory system.
1662 CE: Marcello Malpighi teaches medicine at the University of Messina in Sicily.
1666 CE - 1691 CE: Marcello Malpighi runs a medical practice in Bologna.
1668 CE: Marcello Malpighi is made a fellow of the Royal Society.
1673 CE: Marcello Malpighi publishes his 'On the Formation of the Chick in the Egg ', the first work in embryology.
1684 CE: Marcello Malpighi home is burned down by opponents of his work in microscopy.
1686 CE: Marcello Malpighi publishes a collection of his works.
1691 CE: Pope Innocent XII appoints Marcello Malpighi his official physician.
1694 CE: Marcello Malpighi dies in Rome.