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Period: 1561 to
Sir Francis Bacon
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
Father of Empirical and Inductive Reasoning -
Period: 1564 to
Galileo Galilei
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
Physicist, Astronomer, Astrologer, and Philosopher. Discovered the Sun formed moving spots and Jupiter had moons -
Period: 1571 to
Johannes Kepler
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
Astronomer, Astrologer, and Mathematician. Searching for the harmonious laws of planetary motion -
Period: to
King Henri IV
POLITICS:
King of France, the first monarch from the House of Bourbon -
Period: to
Réne Descartes
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
Father of Modern Philosophy. "I think, therefore I am." -
Edict of Nantes
RELIGION:
King Henri IV of France passed the Edict of Nantes bringing religious toleration to France for the first time. -
Period: to
King Louis XIII
POLITICS:
King Louis XIII takes the throne of France following King Henri IV -
Ferdinand II
POLITICS:
Ferdinand II is elected as the Holy Roman Empire -
Period: to
The Thirty Years' War
WAR:
A result of religious war, cvil war and international conflict. -
Period: to
First Phase: Bohemian
WAR:
The First phase of the Thirty Years' War: The Bohemian Phase -
Period: to
Cardinal Richelieu
RELIGION:
Cardinal Richelieu acted as Prime Minister and advisor during the reign of King Louis XIII -
Period: to
Second Phase: Danish
WAR:
The Second phase of the Thirty Years' War: The Danish Phase -
Period: to
Third Phase: Swedish
WAR:
The Third phase of the Thirty Years' War: The Swedish Phase -
Period: to
Fourth Phase: French
WAR:
The Fourth phase of the Thirty Years' War: The French Phase -
Period: to
Sir Isaac Newton
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
The Law of Universal Gravitation and The Principia Mathematic. -
Period: to
Cardinal Mazarin
RELIGION:
Cardinal Mazarin was in charge of the regency council during King Louis XIV's reign -
Period: to
King Louis XIV
POLITICS:
King Louis XIV comes into the throne of France following King Louis XIII -
Treaty of Westphalia
WAR:
Ended the Thirty Years' War
- Resembled the Peace of Augsburg
-Legally recognized Calvinism
-No land restitution -
Period: to
Edmund Halley
ENLIGHTENMENT & SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION:
Astronomer. Known for eclipses and for Halley's Comet -
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
RELIGION:
King Louis XIV of France passed the Edict of Fontainebleau, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
