PPT Slide
People and Events Contemporary to Kepler (1571-1630)
Nicolas Copernicus 1473--------1543
De Revolutionibus by Copernicus 1543
Tycho Brahe ....................1546------1601
Galileo Galilei .................1564---------1642
William Shakespeare .............1564------1616
Johannes Kepler ................1571------1630
Defeat of Spanish Armada .............1588
Discovery of Australia by William Janszoon.1606
Jamestown established .....................1607
Telescope invented by Johann Lippershey ...1608
King James Version of The Holy Bible ......1611
Thirty Years War ...........................1618--1648
Pilgrims landed at Plymouth ................1620
Dutch bought Manhattan for $24.00 ...........1626
Taj Mahal built................................1632-45
Harvard College founded .......................1636
Isaac Newton ....................................1642----------1727
Reign of Louis XIV ..............................1643---------1715
From: http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/johannes.html