1992 Event Roman Catholic church reinstates Galileo Galilei after 359 years 1975 Death Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73 1943 Event Bertolt Brecht's "Leben des Galilei," premieres in Zurich 1901 Birthday Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author, Gyasz/Galilei 1736 Death Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45 1691 Birthday Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect, Cappella Corsini 1642 Death Galileo Galilei, Italian physicist/astronomer, dies at 77 in Italy 1633 Event Galileo Galilei forced to recant Earth orbits Sun by Pope (but on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong) 1633 Event Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to "abjure, curse, and detest" his Copernican heliocentric views 1633 Event Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome for trial before Inquisition for professing belief that earth revolves around the Sun 1610 Event Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter 1609 Event Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope 1564 Birthday Galileo Galilei, born in Pisa, Italy, astronomer and physicist
