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1453 CE: De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus is published.
1473 CE - 1543 CE: Life of the Polish astronomer and mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus.
1473 CE: The Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus is born in ToruĊ, Poland (then Prussia)
1483 CE: Nicolaus Copernicus is adopted by his uncle Lucas Watzelrode.
1503 CE: Nicolaus Copernicus receives a doctorate in canon law from the University of Ferrara.
1506 CE: Nicolaus Copernicus works as a canon in the bishopric of Frombork.
1514 CE: The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus first formulates his heliocentric theory of the solar system.
1543 CE: Nicolaus Copernicus publishes his heliocentric world view.
1543 CE: The astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus dies in Frombork, Poland.
1616 CE: The Catholic Church lists De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus as a forbidden book.
1633 CE: Galileo is tried and found guilty of heresy fro his pro-Copernicus writings.