1627Last Aurochs Dies

Aurochs go extinct.
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☀️ Copernicus Proposes Heliocentric Model in Commentariolus

Copernicus writes Commentariolus, and proclaims the Sun the center of the Solar System.
Copernicus Proposes Heliocentric Model in Commentariolus (1512)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionRenaissanceCosmologyHeliocentrismNicolaus CopernicusScientific Thought
PolandPoland

💰 Copernicus Develops Quantity Theory of Money and Formulates Gresham's Law

Nicolaus Copernicus develops the quantity theory of money and states the earliest known form of Gresham's law: ("Bad money drowns out good").
Copernicus Develops Quantity Theory of Money and Formulates Gresham's Law (1517)
Nicolaus CopernicusEconomicsCoinageFinanceMonetary Policy
PolandPoland

🔭 Copernicus Publishes Heliocentric Theory

Copernicus publishes his theory that the Earth and the other planets revolve around the Sun
Copernicus Publishes Heliocentric Theory (1543)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionMathematicsCosmologyHeliocentrismNicolaus CopernicusRenaissanceScientific Theory
PolandPolandItalyItaly

🐂 Last Aurochs Dies

Aurochs go extinct.
Last Aurochs Dies (1627)
ExtinctionConservationBiodiversityZoology
PolandPoland

🦤 Great Auk Becomes Extinct

The great auk is rendered extinct.
Great Auk Becomes Extinct (1844)
ExtinctionWildlifeNatural HistoryConservationBiodiversity
United KingdomUnited KingdomCanadaCanadaIcelandIceland

🦘 Last Known Thylacine Dies

September 7: The last known thylacine dies in Hobart Zoo.
Last Known Thylacine Dies (1936)
ExtinctionTasmaniaZoologyConservationBiodiversityWildlife
AustraliaAustralia