Johannes Kepler Biography

Birth of Johannes Kepler

Publication of Mysterium cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos)

Publication of Mysterium cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos)

Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

Extends his study of optics to the human eye, and is generally considered by neuroscientists to be the first to recognize that images are projected inverted and reversed by the eyes lens onto the retina

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

Publication of Astronomiae Pars Optica (The Optical Part of Astronomy), describes the astronomical implications of optics such as parallax and the apparent sizes of heavenly bodies

Finding that an elliptical orbit fit the Mars data, concludes that all planets move in ellipses, with the sun at one focus-Keplers first law of planetary motion

Finding that an elliptical orbit fit the Mars data, concludes that all planets move in ellipses, with the sun at one focus-Keplers first law of planetary motion

Publication of Astronomia nova (New Astronomy)

Publishes laws of elliptical planetary motion that prepare celestial mechanics for Newtonian gravity.

Publication of Astronomia nova (New Astronomy)

Publishes support for Galileo's discovery of satellites orbiting Jupiter.

Publication of three volumes of Epitome astronomia Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy)

Publication of three volumes of Epitome astronomia Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy)

Publication of three volumes of Epitome astronomia Copernicanae (Epitome of Copernican Astronomy)

Publication of Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds). Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

Publication of Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds). Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

Publication of Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds). Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

Publication of Harmonice Mundi (Harmony of the Worlds). Publication of De Fundamentis Astrologiae Certioribus (Concerning the More Certain Fundamentals of Astrology)

States the harmonic relation between orbital period and distance from the Sun.

Publication of the Rudolphine Tables

Kepler's Rudolphine Tables predict that Mercury will cross the face of the Sun in November 1631.

Kepler's Rudolphine Tables predict a transit of Venus for 1631, although the event is not visible from Europe.

Death of Johannes Kepler