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Hace 3 días · Using his refracting telescope, Galileo observed in late 1609 that the surface of the Moon is not smooth. Early the next year, he observed the four largest moons of Jupiter. [51] Later in 1610, he observed the phases of Venus—a proof of heliocentrism—as well as Saturn, though he thought the planet's rings were two other planets. [66]
Hace 1 día · The East India Company ( EIC) [a] was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. [4] It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia ), and later with East Asia. The company gained control of large parts of the Indian ...
- 31 December 1600; 422 years ago
Hace 4 días · Pope Adrian IV ( Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear ); [1] c. 1100 [note 1] – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) [3] was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 4 December 1154 to his death in 1159. He is the only Englishman to have been pope . Adrian was born in Hertfordshire, England, but ...
- 4 December 1154
- 1146, by Eugene III
- 1 September 1159
- Alexander III
Hace 2 días · Coronation of King Andrew. c. 1015. Son of Vazul and a lady from the Clan Tátony. Anastasia of Kiev. Adelaide, Duchess of Bohemia. Solomon, King of Hungary. David, Prince of Hungary. George ( illegitimate) Before 5 December 1060.
9 de abr. de 2024 · Oxfordians respond that the annual publication of "new" or "corrected" Shakespeare plays stopped in 1604, and that the dedication to Shakespeare's Sonnets implies that the author was dead prior to their publication in 1609.
Hace 4 días · 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.
31 de mar. de 2024 · Died: April 4, 1609, Leiden, Netherlands (aged 83) Carolus Clusius (born February 19, 1526, Arras, France—died April 4, 1609, Leiden, Netherlands) was a botanist who contributed to the establishment of modern botany. He was best known by the Latin version of his name, Carolus Clusius. He developed new cultivated plants, such as the ...
