Age of Reason By camlaw5 Feb 19, 1473 Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus May 24, 1543 Death of Nicolaus Copernicus Feb 15, 1564 Birth of Gailieo Galilei Dec 27, 1571 Birth of Johannes Kepler Apr 1, 1578 Birth of William Harvey Apr 5, 1588 Birth of Thomas Hobbe Feb 25, 1599 Birth of Oliver Cromwell Nov 19, 1600 Birth of Charles I May 29, 1630 Birth of Charles II Nov 15, 1630 Death of Johannes Kepler Aug 29, 1632 Birth of John Locke Sep 5, 1638 Birth of Louis XIV Jan 8, 1642 Death of Galileo Galilei Jan 4, 1643 Birth of Isaac Newton Jan 30, 1649 Death of Charles I Jun 3, 1657 Death of William Harvey Sep 3, 1658 Death of Oliver Cromwell May 30, 1672 Birth of Peter the Great Dec 4, 1679 Death of Thomas Hobbe Jun 6, 1685 Death of Charles II Period: Jan 1, 1689 to Jan 1, 1702 Reign of William & Mary Jan 18, 1689 Birth of Montesquieu Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights is passed Nov 21, 1694 Birth of Voltaire Oct 28, 1704 Death of John Locke Jun 28, 1712 Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jan 28, 1725 Death of Peter the Great Mar 31, 1727 Death of Isaac Newton Feb 10, 1755 Death of Montesquieu May 6, 1758 Birth of Maximillen Robespierre Period: Jan 1, 1765 to Jan 1, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1774 Declaration of Independence May 30, 1778 Death of Voltaire Jul 2, 1778 Death of Jean Jacques Rousseau May 25, 1787 US Constitution is ratified Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799 French Revolution Jul 14, 1789 Bastille Prison is attacked Oct 10, 1789 Joseph Ignace Guilltin proposed use of the guillotine Period: Feb 5, 1793 to Jul 28, 1794 Reign of Terror May 28, 1794 Death of Maximillien Robespierre
