The 16th & 17th Centuries : A Timeline
Thomas More’s Utopia published |
• 1516 |
Martin Luther writes the Ninety – Five Theses |
• 1517 |
Luther translates the Bible into German |
• 1522 |
Peasant uprising in Germany |
• 1525 |
Andreas Vesalius writes on Anatomy |
• 1559 |
Gerhardus Mercator prepares cylindrical map of the earth |
• 1569 |
Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII |
• 1582 |
William Harvey links the heart with blood circulation |
• 1628 |
Academy of Sciences set up in Paris |
• 1673 |
Isaac Newton’s Principia Mathematica published |
• 1687 |
1) Who introduced Gregorian calendar?
2) Where was Academy of Sciences set up?
3) When was the Bible translated into German?
4) Who prepared cylindrical map of the earth?
5) Which book of Newton was mentioned in this timeline?