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The astronomer I choose is Galileo Galilei. Galileo was extremely important to astronomy for numerous reasons, but one of them is through his improvements to the telescope. Another reason he is extremely important to astronomy is through his observations with the telescope. Known as father of modern observational astronomy.

The two historical events I choose that occured during Galileo’s life are:

The Battle of Ponts-the-Ce, Poitou. French king Louis XIII beats his mother  Marie de Medici. It occured on August 7, 1620.

In 1603 Queen Elizabeth died. Queen Elizabeth was interred in Westminster Abbey in a tomb she shares with her half-sister, Mary.

The historical figure I choose that lived during Galileo’s life is:

Queen Elizabeth I was another highly important historical figure that lived during the same time are Galileo. She was born September 7, 1533, and she died March 24, 1603. Queen Elizabeth I was the Queen of England and Ireland from 1558- 1603. She was also known as the Virgin Queen.

Brief Refelction:

It was interesting to learn about these astronomers because I did not realize that a couple of them lived during the same time period. I assumed that major astronomy discoveries happened far apart back then because they did not have many scientific tools to help them with their discoveries. I thought that major studies happened maybe once every 50 years at the most, if not longer. It was also really interesting to see other major event in history that were occurring during the same time.