when was copernicus born
Nicolaus Copernicus was born on 19 February 1473 in the city of ToruÅ (Thorn), in the province of Royal Prussia, in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.His father was a merchant from Krakow krakÃ³w and his mother was the daughter of a Wealthy toruÅ. Merchant nicolaus was the youngest of four. childrenopernicus was born and died in Royal Prussia, a region that had been a part of the Kingdom of Poland since 1466. He was a polyglot and polymath who obtained a doctorate in canon law and also practiced as a physician, classics scholar, translator, governor, diplomat, and economist.