Age of Reason By yazziejay 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: Aug 29, 1632 to Oct 28, 1704 John Locke 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, 1704 Montesquieu Period: Feb 13, 1689 to Mar 8, 1702 William & Mary's Reign 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 Rousseau Period: May 6, 1758 to Jul 28, 1794 Maximillien de Robespierre Period: Jan 1, 1765 to Jan 1, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 US Declaration of Independence Jun 21, 1788 US Constitution Ratified Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799 French Revolution Jul 14, 1789 Bastille Prison attacked Oct 10, 1789 Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed the use of the Guillotine Period: Sep 5, 1793 to Jul 28, 1794 Reign of Terror