26 September 1592Mathematics Chair at PaduaGalileo Galilei
The Venetian Senate appoints Galileo professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.
Historical records for Italy in 1592, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
The Venetian Senate appoints Galileo professor of mathematics at the University of Padua.
Galileo gives his inaugural lecture at Padua, beginning eighteen productive years in the Venetian Republic.
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