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Galileo Galilei - Birth

Time: Saturday Feb 15, 1564

Place: Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence), Italy

Details: Galileo was born in Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence), Italy, on 15 February 1564, the first of six children of Vincenzo Galilei, a lutenist, composer, and music theorist, and Giulia (née Ammannati), who had married in 1562.

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