24 May 1543Death of CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus
His death coincides with publication of De revolutionibus.
Historical records for Poland in 1543, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
His death coincides with publication of De revolutionibus.
Dies at Frombork in the same year his major work appears.
His published model challenges the traditional geocentric arrangement.
Outlines the Copernican system of the solar system
Places Earth among the planets moving around the Sun.
Publication of "On The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres"
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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.