Labels:text | document | font | paper | letter | black and white OCR: 1571 Born on December 27 in Weil der Stadt, Württemberg, a free city of the Holy Roman Empire. 1577 Kepler becomes interested in astronomy after observing the great comet of this year. 1588 Completes the first part of his studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany, where he has been studying with the intention of becoming a minister in the Lutheran Church. 1589 Begins to study philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy at the University of Tübingen. 1591 Awarded his masters degree from the University of Tubingen and embarks on theological training. 1594 He abandons the idea of becoming a minister and takes up a position as a teacher of mathematics and astronomy in Graz, Austria. 1595 Kepler produces a calendar of astrological predictions for this year. (Kepler supplemented his income by pr ...
