Age of Enlightment By caitlynchenard Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei Period: Dec 27, 1571 to Nov 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler Period: Apr 1, 1578 to Jun 3, 1657 William Harvey Period: Apr 5, 1588 to Dec 4, 1679 Thomas Hobbes Period: Apr 25, 1599 to Sep 3, 1658 Oliver Cromwell Period: Nov 19, 1600 to Jan 30, 1649 Charles I Period: May 29, 1630 to Feb 6, 1685 Charles II Period: Sep 5, 1638 to Sep 1, 1715 Louis XIV Period: Jan 4, 1643 to Mar 31, 1727 Isaac Newton Period: Jun 9, 1672 to Feb 8, 1725 Peter the Great Period: Jan 18, 1689 to Feb 10, 1755 Montesquieu Period: Feb 14, 1689 to Sep 14, 1689 William and Mary Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights Period: Nov 21, 1694 to May 30, 1778 Voltaire Period: Jun 28, 1712 to Jul 2, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rosseau Period: May 6, 1758 to Jul 28, 1794 Maximillien Robespierre Period: Sep 14, 1765 to Sep 14, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Jun 21, 1788 US Constitution Jul 14, 1789 Bastille Prison is attacked Period: Sep 14, 1789 to Sep 14, 1794 French Revolution Sep 5, 1793 Reign of Terror Sep 14, 1795 Joseph-Ignace Guilitin proposed the use of the guillotine