Giordano Bruno Burned in Rome
February 17, 1600
After seven years in Inquisition cells, the Dominican heretic Giordano Bruno was led to the Campo de' Fiori with an iron spike driven through his tongue. He had argued the universe was infinite, peppered with inhabited worlds, and God immanent in matter. The flames silenced a mind three centuries ahead of itself.
In context
Also in 1600 (6 other events on record)
- Battle of Sekigahara · East Asia · War
- English East India Company Chartered · Europe · Politics
- Shakespeare Writes Hamlet · Europe · Culture
- Matteo Ricci Reaches Beijing · East Asia · Religion
- William Gilbert Publishes De Magnete · Europe · Science
- Dutch Ship Liefde Reaches Japan · East Asia · Exploration
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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