17th Century timeline

By tahodge
  • Charles 1 of England

    Charles 1 of England
    Monarch of 3 kingdoms; England, Scotland, Ireland
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    17th Century

  • John Locke

    John Locke
    Father of Classical Liberalism, English philosopher
  • Louis XIV- Sun King

    Louis XIV- Sun King
    Longest reign in Europe, Monarch of House of Bourbon, King of France
  • Isaac Newton

    Isaac Newton
    Physicist/Mathematician who discovered gravity.
  • Peter the Great

    Peter the Great
    Tsar of Russia
  • Christain Wollf

    Christain Wollf
    German philosopher, mathematician, scientist
  • Hermann Samuel Reimann

    Hermann Samuel Reimann
    German philosopher and writer.
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin
    A scientist, writer, member of the Declaration of Independence. Invented electricity.
  • Julien Offray de La Mettrie

    Julien Offray de La Mettrie
    French Doctor and philosopher. Best known for Le homme machine.
  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine
    English/American political activist that wrote "Common Sense" for the Age of Revolution.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson
    The third President of US. Also author of Declaration of Independence.
  • Maximilien de Robespierre

    Maximilien de Robespierre
    Radical Jacobin leader in France.
  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte
    French military leader during French Revolution.
  • Frederick William III

    Frederick William III
    King of Prussia in Napoleon WArs and end of German Empire
  • Alexander I

    Alexander I
    Ruler of Ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedon
  • Congress of Vienna

    Congress of Vienna
    Assembly that reorganized Europe after Napoleonic Wars.