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31 Oct 1992
Catholic church regrets its handling of Galileo Galilee's case.
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22 Jun 1633
The Catholic Church forces Galileo Galilei to renounce his heliocentric world view.
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12 Apr 1633
Cardinal Bellarmine condemned Galileo for stating that the earth revolved around the sun.
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13 Feb 1633
Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for his trial before the Roman Inquisition.
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26 Feb 1616
The Roman Inquisition ordered Galileo not to teach or defend his theory that Earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
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13 Jan 1610
Galileo Galilei discovered Callisto, the fourth moon of Jupiter.
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7 Jan 1610
Galileo discovered the first three satellites of Jupiter.
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25 Aug 1609
Astronomer Galileo demonstrated one of his earlier telescopes to Venetian lawmakers.
