On February 13th, 1633, Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer, arrived in Rome to face trial before the Roman Inquisition for advocating heliocentrism, the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun.
On February 13th, 1633, Galileo Galilei, the renowned Italian astronomer, arrived in Rome to face trial before the Roman Inquisition for advocating heliocentrism, the theory that the Earth revolves around the sun.