Rene Descartes Chronology 15 march 2006 1595, born 1618, nov 10, kepler sees 3rd comet of 1618 (mid-oct, 1st) 1619, nov 10, great discovery 1620, feb 01, met kepler in linz xxx, met faulhaber in ulm nov 11, beeckman sees comet 1629, begins "le monde" (publ'd 1664) 1633, nov, hears of galileo's trial, quits th physics 1637, publ discourse 1650, dies