Age of Absolutism to French Revolution By mhooke15 Jan 1, 1543 Nicholoas Copernicus' Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies Period: Jan 1, 1575 to Jan 1, 1650 Francis Bacon, Galileo Galilei, Rene Descartes Period: Jan 1, 1643 to Jan 1, 1715 Louis XIV's reign Period: Jan 1, 1649 to Jan 1, 1651 English Civil War Period: Jan 1, 1653 to Jan 1, 1658 Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth Jan 1, 1660 Restoration of the Monarchy in England under Charles II Jan 1, 1687 Issac Newton's Pricipia Mathematica, law of gravitation Jan 1, 1688 Glorius Revolution Jan 1, 1690 John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding Period: Jan 1, 1715 to Jan 1, 1792 Louis XV's reign Period: Jan 1, 1756 to Jan 1, 1763 Seven Years' War Jan 1, 1776 Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations Period: Jan 1, 1792 to Jan 1, 1794 Louis XVI's reign
