Chapter 17 Timeline

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  • Feb 25, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    Nicolaus Copernicus published On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres

  • Galileo Galilei

    Publishes Starry Messanger

  • Rene Descartes

    Writes Discourse on Method

  • Isacc Newton

    Publishes Principia

  • Newspaper

    1st daily newspaper printed in London

  • Hanovers

    Take British on colonies

  • Fredrick William

    Reign

  • Fredrick ll

    Reign

  • Maria Theresa

    inherits the Austrain throne

  • War

    1740 to 1748, War of Austrian Succession

  • Montesque

    Writes Spirits of the Laws

  • Encyclopedia

    1751 to 1772 Diderot publishes the Encyclopedia

  • Rousseau

    1760's Writes Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind

  • Rousseau

    Writes The Social Contract

  • Rules

    1762 to 1796, The great rules Russia

  • Voltaire

    Writes Treatise on Toleration

  • Cesare Beccaria

    Wrote On Crimes on Punishments

  • philidalphia

    1st Continental Congress meets in Philidalphia

  • Adam Smith

    Writes The Wealth of Nations

  • Treaty of paris

    signed

  • John Locke

    17th century Writes essay Concerning Human Understanding

  • Mary Wollstonecraft

    18th Century, Writes A Vindication of the rights of Women