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may 7, 1543 - On Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres published

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Nicolaus Copernicus published his famous book which contradicted the Ptolemaic conception of the universe and set the basis for the heliocentric theory. This new theory would be adjusted and ridiculed throughout the scientific revolution

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may 7, 1543
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~ 483 years ago