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1453
De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus is published.
1473 - 1543
Life of the Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus.
19 Feb 1473
The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born in Toruń, Poland (then Prussia)
c. 1483
Nicolaus Copernicus is adopted by his uncle Lucas Watzelrode.
1503
Nicolaus Copernicus receives a doctorate in canon law from the University of Ferrara.
1506
Nicolaus Copernicus works as a canon in the bishopric of Frombork.
c. 1514
The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus first formulates his heliocentric theory of the solar system.
1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes his heliocentric world view.
24 May 1543
The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus dies in Frombork, Poland.
1616
The Catholic Church lists De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus as a forbidden book.