Age of Enlightment

  • Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

  • Period: Feb 15, 1564 to

    Galileo Galilei

  • Period: Dec 27, 1571 to

    Johannes Kepler

  • Period: Apr 1, 1578 to

    William Harvey

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    Thomas Hobbes

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    Oliver Cromwell

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    Charles I

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    Charles II

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    Louis XIV

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    Isaac Newton

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    Peter the Great

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    Montesquieu

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    William and Mary

  • English Bill of Rights

    English Bill of Rights
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    Voltaire

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    Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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    Maximillien Robespierre

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    American Revolution

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
  • US Constitution

    US Constitution
  • Bastille Prison is attacked

    Bastille Prison is attacked
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    French Revolution

  • Reign of Terror

  • Joseph-Ignace Guilitin proposed the use of the guillotine