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Italy in 1615

Historical records for Italy in 1615, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

February

16 February 1615First Letter to Piero DiniGalileo Galilei

Science / Astronomy

Galileo writes to Piero Dini defending Copernican astronomy and arguing that it need not conflict with Scripture.

March

23 March 1615Second Letter to Piero DiniGalileo Galilei

Science / Astronomy

Galileo sends another letter to Piero Dini continuing his defence of Copernican astronomy.

Other Events

1615Letter to Christina of LorraineGalileo Galilei

Science / Astronomy

Galileo completes a major letter discussing the proper relationship between scientific inquiry and interpretation of Scripture.

Names involved

Galileo Galilei

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.