Timeline Project

Nicolaus Copernicus

Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

Galileo Galilei

Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642

Johannes Kepler

Period: Dec 27, 1571 to Nov 15, 1630

William Harvey

Period: Apr 1, 1578 to Jun 3, 1657

Thomas Hobbes

Period: Apr 5, 1588 to Dec 4, 1679

Oliver Cromwell

Period: Apr 25, 1599 to Sep 3, 1658

Charles I

Period: Nov 19, 1600 to Jan 30, 1649

Charles II

Period: May 29, 1630 to Feb 6, 1685

John Locke

Period: Aug 29, 1632 to Oct 28, 1704

Louis XIV

Period: Sep 5, 1638 to Sep 1, 1715

Isaac Newton

Period: Jan 4, 1643 to Mar 31, 1727

Peter the Great

Period: Jun 9, 1672 to Feb 8, 1725

Montesquieu

Period: Jan 18, 1689 to Feb 10, 1755

William and Mary's Reign

Period: Feb 16, 1689 to Mar 8, 1702

English bill of rights is passed

Dec 16, 1689

Voltaire

Period: Nov 21, 1694 to May 30, 1778

Jean-Jaques Rousseau

Period: Jun 28, 1712 to Jul 2, 1773

Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed the use of the guillotine

May 28, 1738

Maximillien Robespierre

Period: May 6, 1758 to Jul 28, 1794

American Revolution

Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783

US Decleration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

French Revolution

Period: Feb 1, 1787 to Dec 1, 1789

US constitution is ratified

Jun 21, 1788

Bastille Prison is attacked

Jul 14, 1789

Reign of Terror

Period: Sep 5, 1793 to Jul 28, 1794