Age of Enlightenment

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    Enlightenment

  • Deism

    Deism

    First time the term Deism is used
  • Francis Bacon dies

    Francis Bacon dies

  • Gailleo Dies

    Gailleo Dies

    Enlightenment Scientist who changed the way people think
  • Rene Descartes Dies

    Rene Descartes Dies

    Rene Descartes, one of the most influencial Enlightenment thinkers, dies.
  • Letters Concerning Toleration

    Letters Concerning Toleration

    Written by John Locke
  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment

    the enlightenment started and people began to turn to science and away from God.
  • Pope Clement XII

    Pope Clement XII

    condemned freemasonry which was a secret society in England that had attacked Christianity.
  • Jean Jaques Rousseau writes article on political economy

    Jean Jaques Rousseau writes article on political economy

    put in Diderot's Encyclopédie
  • Encyclopedia

    edited by denis diderot. it praised protestant thinkers and attacked Catholic teachings.
  • Immanuel Kant

    Immanuel Kant

    Immanuel Kant coins the phrase Enlightenment