Age of Reason Timeline Project- Brittany Peters By brit_peters Feb 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus' Birth May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus' Feb 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei's birth Dec 27, 1571 Johannes Kepler's birth Apr 1, 1578 William Harvey's birth Apr 5, 1588 Thomas Hobbes' birth Apr 25, 1599 Oliver Cromwell's birth Nov 19, 1600 Charles I's birth May 29, 1630 Charle's II' birth Nov 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler's death Aug 29, 1632 John Locke's birth Sep 5, 1638 Louis XIV's birth Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei's death Jan 4, 1643 Isaac Newton's birth Jan 30, 1649 Charles I's death Jun 3, 1657 William Harvey's death Sep 3, 1658 Oliver Cromwell's death Jun 9, 1672 Peter the Great's birth Dec 4, 1679 Thomas Hobbes' death Feb 6, 1685 Charles II's death Jan 18, 1689 Montesquieu's birth Feb 13, 1689 Beginning of William and Mary's reign Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights is passed Nov 21, 1694 Voltaire's birth Mar 8, 1702 End of William and Mary's reign Oct 28, 1704 John Locke's death Jun 28, 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau's birth Sep 1, 1715 Louis XIV's death Feb 8, 1725 Peter the Great's death Mar 31, 1727 Isaac Newton's death Feb 10, 1755 Montesquieu's death May 6, 1758 Maximillen Robespierre's birth Jan 1, 1763 Beginning of the American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 US Declaration of Independence May 30, 1778 Voltaire's death Jul 2, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau's life Jan 1, 1787 End of the American Revolution Jan 1, 1789 Beginning of the French Revolution Jul 14, 1789 Baatille Prison is attacked Oct 10, 1789 Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed the use of the guillotine Sep 5, 1793 Reign of Terror Begins Jul 28, 1794 Reign of Terror ends Jul 28, 1794 Maximellen Robespierre's death Jan 1, 1799 End of the French Revolution