copernicus.txt, cr 25 july 2004 by rha on theon
chronology of copernicus
cf koyre, astro rev, pp. 19-25

1473, b in torun (west prussia)
1483, adopted by uncle watzelrode
1491, to univ krakov
1496, back home, left for italy
1497, univ bologna, elected canon of frauenberg cathedral
1498, MA degree, read plato, neoplatonism
1500, to rome
1501, to padua, ferrara, 
1503, may 31, doctor of law, returned to frauenberg
1504-1530, administration, medicine, astronomy
1512, wrote commentariolus
1530, finished de revo
1539, rheticus arr frauenberg
1540, rheticus publ narratio primus
1543, publ de rev, died

end: copernicus