Nicolas Copernicus (feb 19, 1473 – may 21, 1543)
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Copernicus was a polish astronomer. He proposed the idea that the sun is a fixed point that the planets orbited around. He stated that the Earth is planet, makes a full rotation around the sun anually, and spins on its own axis daily.Added to timeline:
Date:
feb 19, 1473
may 21, 1543
~ 70 years