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Timeline around Rudolf II., Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1576-1612

Created by hasko on 10/11/2010

Last updated: 11/11/10 at 13:35

Tags: history

• "Tabulæ Rudolphinæ" published by Kepler
  Sep 1627

  A collection of tables and rules to predict the movements of the planets, a register of 1005 star locations, refraction lists, logarithm tables, and a list of the cities of the world. The astronomical data is based mainly on the observations of Tycho Brahe
  http://www.ub.uni-kiel.de/digiport/bis1800/Arch3_436.html

• Death of Hans von Aachen
  01/07/1615

  The court painter dies, his wife and children move back to Munich.

• Death of Rudolf II.
  15/01/1612

• "Astronomia nova" published by Kepler
  1609

  Contains the 1st and 2nd Keplerian Laws: The orbits of the planets are elliptic instead of circles.
  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keplergesetze

• Rudolf II. house crown made by Jan Vermeyen
  1602

  
  http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolfskrone

• Kepler becomes Court Mathematician
  01/11/1601

  Estimated date, needs to be confirmed

• "Portrait of Rudolf II." by Hans von Aachen
  1600

• "Bacchus, Ceres, and Amor" by Hans von Aachen
  1600

• "Allegory of Justice" by Hans von Aachen
  1598

• "Vetumnus" by Acrimboldo
  1597

  An allegorical painting of Rudolf II.

• Hans von Aachen becomes court painter
  1596

• "Portrait of Rudolf II." by Joseph Heintz the Elder
  1594

• Death of Guiseppe Acrimboldo
  11/07/1593

• Acrimboldo returns to Milano
  1587

• "Self Portrait" by Guiseppe Acrimboldo
  1587

  61 years

• Crowned as Rudolf II., Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
  15/10/1576

• Acrimboldo becomes court painter for Rudolf II.
  1575

• Rudolf II. engaged with Clara Eugenia, Infant of Spain
  1569

  Engagement as part of the Habsburgian marriage policies. Dissolved 20 years later.

• Acrimboldo becomes "Hauskonterfetter"
  1562

  i.e. court portrait painter

• Birth of Rudolf II.
  15/07/1552

• Birth of Hans von Aachen
  1552

• Birth of Guiseppe Acrimboldo
  1526