Age of Enlightment Timeline By JonesgrkkVHS 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory 1609 Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote Publication Date ~ 1609 Published in English 1612 Period: 1609 to 1619 Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion. Two laws Published 1609 and the third published 1619 1610 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory 1610 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric 1651 THomas Hobbes' Leviathan 1657 William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood Period: 1672 to 1725 Reign of Peter The Great of Russia Period: 1685 to 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach 1687 Issac Newton formulated law of gravity 1689 Gloriuous Revolution (William and Mary) 1689 English Bill of Rughts of 1689 1689 John Locke's Two Treatises on Government 1694 Voltaire 1715 Reign of Louis XIV of France 1748 Montesquieu's The Sspirit of Laws Period: 1756 to 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract: Period: 1775 to 1783 American Revolution 1789 Storming of the Bastile 1793 Execution of Louis XVI Period: 1793 to 1794 Reign of terror 1804 Napolean becomes Emperor Period: 1814 to 1815 Congress of Vienna 1815 Battle of Waterloo: End of Napoleon’s Rule 1830 Eugène Delacroix: Painted Liberty leading the people 1848 Unsucccessful revolutions of 1848