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Galileo Galilei

Birth

Saturday Feb 15, 1564
Pisa (then part of the Duchy of Florence), Italy

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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