What Happened in February 1632

Historical Events

Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems

Feb 22 Galileo Galilei's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" is published comparing the Copernican and Ptolemaic systems and whether the Earth orbits the sun

Astronomer and Physicist Galileo Galilei

Famous Birthdays

Feb 18 Giovanni Battista Vitali, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal States (d. 1692)
Feb 20 Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English statesman (Lord President of the Council, 1689-99; Lord High Treasurer, 1673-79), helped bring William and Mary to the throne) (d. 1712)

Born in 1632