Galileo Galilei - Death

Time: Wednesday Jan 8, 1642

Place: Arcetri, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (Now Italy)

Details: Galileo continued to receive visitors until 1642, when, after suffering fever and heart palpitations, he died on 8 January 1642, aged 77. The Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando II, wished to bury him in the main body of the Basilica of Santa Croce, next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors, and to erect a marble mausoleum in his honor.

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