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Single Idea 11599

[filed under theme 1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / a. Earlier European chronology ]

Full Idea

In 1543 Nicholas Copernicus, a Polish monk, publishes his new theory of the solar system.

Gist of Idea

1543: Copernicus publishes his heliocentric view of the solar system

Source

PG (Db (chronology) [2030], 2543)