Copernicus | Timeline

Nicolaus Copernicus (19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. The publication of this model in his book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres) just before his death in 1543 is considered a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making an important contribution to the Scientific Revolution. (Wikipedia)

February 19, 1473 - Torun, Royal Prussia - Mikolaj Kopernik is born - Royal Prussia, Kingdom of Poland

October(?) 1(?), 1491 - Kraków - Copernicus matriculates at the University of Kraków =(START)

September(?) 1(?), 1495 - Kraków - Without taking a degree, Copernicus leaves the University of the court of his uncle, Prince-Bishop of Warmia

November(?) 1(?), 1495 - Lidzbark Warminski - The Prince-Bishop obtains a post in the Warmia Canonry to his nephew, Copernicus

June(?) 1(?), 1496 - Lidzbark Warminski - Copernicus' installation is delayed and he departs to Bologna to study

October(?) 1(?), 1496 - Bologna - Arrival in Bologna

January 6, 1497 - Bologna - Copernicus matriculates at the University of Bologna

March 9, 1497 - Bologna - Copernicus conducts a memorable observation of the occultation of Aldebaran, the brightest star in the Taurus constellation, by the moon

October 20, 1497 - Bologna - While at Bologna, Copernicus receives the News that he formelly succeded to the Canonry of Warmia which was granted to him two years earlier

April(?) 1(?), 1500 - Rome - Copernicus goes to Rome for an apprenticeship at the Papal Curia

November 6, 1500 - Rome - Copernicus observes a lunar eclipse at the Papal Curia

April(?) 1(?), 1501 - Bologna - Copernicus stops briefly at Bologna on his way to Poland

June(?) 1(?), 1501 - Lidzbark Warminski - Copernicus returns to Poland

July 28, 1501 - Lidzbark Warminski - Obtains a license to study another two years in Italy

September(?) 15(?), 1501 - Padua, Italy - Copernicus arrives in Padua.
January 10, 1503 - Padua - Copernicus adds a sinecure at the Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross in Wrocław, Silesia.
May 31, 1503 - Ferrara - journeys to Ferrara where, after passing the obligatory examinations, he is granted the degree of doctor of canon law
July 1, 1503 - Padua - End of his studies in Padua
September(?) 1(?), 1503 - Lidzbark Warminski - Definitive arrival to Poland. Copernicus becomes secretary and physician of his uncle

January(?) 1(?), 1506 - Malbork - Visits the town with his uncle
January(?) 1(?), 1507 - Elblag - Visits the town with his uncle
January 24, 1507 - Kraków - Copernicus attends the Coronation of Sigismund I
January 1(?), 1510 - Poznan - Visits the town with his uncle
January(?) 1(?), 1512 - Frombork - Copernicus moves to Frombork - house outside the city walls
January 19, 1512 - Sztum - Visits the town with his uncle. They receive delegates from Danzig
April 1(?), 1512 - Frombork - Participates on the election of Fabian of Lossainen as Prince-Bishop of Warmia (after his uncle's death)
January(?) 1(?), 1514 - Frombork - Copernicus purchases the northwest tower in the Frombork Fortress
January 1, 1516 - Olsztyn - Copernicus starts residing at the Olsztyn Castle, as an economic administrator of Warmia
January 1(?), 1520 - Frombork - The fortress of Frombork is attacked by the Teutonic Knights. Copernicus' instruments are destroyed.
January 1(?), 1521 - Olsztyn - Siege of Olsztyn by the Teutonic Knights. Copernicus directs the town's defences
February 1(?), 1521 - Olsztyn - End of the siege of Olsztyn
July 1, 1537 - Frombork - Copernicus participates on the election of a succesor Prince-Bishop of Warmia
April 13, 1541 - Königsberg - Copernicus is summoned by Duke Albert to attend his counsellor George von Kunheim, who had fallen gravely ill.
May 3, 1541 - Königsberg - Copernicus departs to Frombork
June 1, 1541 - Frombork - Returns to Frombork
May 24, 1543 - Frombork - Mikolaj Kopernik dies, aged 70 =(END)