Absolutism & Revolution Timeline By Buzby.bob Oct 19, 1469 Isabella & Ferdinand unify Spain 1532 Henry VIII resigns in England Jan 15, 1559 Elizabeth I reigns England Apr 13, 1589 Edict of Nantes Jan 16, 1605 Don Quixote is published 1618 Thirty Years War 1627 Petition of Right signed 1638 Louis XIV reigns as king of France 1640 The Long Parliament Oct 24, 1648 Peace of Westphalia is signed 1651 Thomas Hobbes publishes “Leviathan” Mar 31, 1685 Sabastian Bach height of his career 1688 Glorious Revolution 1689 John Locke publishes “Two Treaties of Government” Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights signed Apr 25, 1719 Daniel Dafoe publishes “Robinson Crusoe” Oct 28, 1726 Jonathan Swift publishes “Gulliver’s Travels” Jun 4, 1738 George III reigns England May 31, 1740 Frederick II reigns Prussia 1748 Baron de Montesquieu publishes “The Spirit of Laws” 1751 Denis Diderot publishes his “Encyclopedia” 1756 Seven Years War May 22, 1759 Women’s march on Versailles Jul 9, 1762 Catherine Great reigns Russia 1765 Joseph II reigns Austria Mar 5, 1770 Boston Massacre Dec 16, 1773 Boston Tea Party 1774 Intolerable Acts Apr 19, 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord Mar 9, 1776 Adam Smith publishes “Wealth of Nations” Aug 2, 1776 Declaration of Independence signed Sep 28, 1781 Battle of Yorktown Sep 3, 1783 Treaty of Paris 1788 US Constitution ratified Jun 20, 1789 Tennis Court Oath Jul 14, 1789 Storming of the Bastille Aug 26, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man Oct 5, 1789 Women’s march on Versailles Sep 14, 1791 Declaration of the Rights of Woman 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft publishes “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” 1792 Radical Phase (French Revolution) Sep 21, 1792 National Convention Formed Apr 6, 1793 Committee of Public Safety created Sep 5, 1793 Reign of Terror (French Revolution) 1795 Five Man Directory created 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes Emperor Oct 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Dec 2, 1805 Battle Austerlitz Oct 16, 1813 Battle of Leipzig Apr 11, 1814 Napoleon exiled to Elba 1815 Napoleon exiled to St. Helena Jan 7, 1815 Congress of Vienna 1895 Jean Jacque Rousseau publishes “Social Contract”
