Timeline Galileo and Hawking

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• 1642 Galileo Galilei dies in Arcetri Passes away still under house arrest Galileo Galilei died on January 8, 1642, at his villa in Arcetri, still formally under house arrest imposed by the Inquisition. The Church initially blocked plans for a grand public monument, and he was buried in a minor chapel before being reinterred with honors in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence nearly a century later, in 1737. Coincidentally, Isaac Newton, who would build directly upon Galileo's work on motion, was born later that same year.
• 1942 – 2018 Stephen Hawking (1942-2018) Died 14 March 2018, aged 76 British theoretical physicist known for his work on black holes and cosmology, and for the bestselling book A Brief History of Time. He continued his research for decades despite being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in his twenties. He became one of the most recognizable scientists in the world.