Age of revolutions By hcps-rowemk1 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory 1578 William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood 1588 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan 1588 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan 1609 Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion 1610 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory 1612 Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote 1672 Reign of Peter the Great of Russia 1687 Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity 1688 Glorious Revolution (William and Mary) 1689 English Bill of Rights of 1689 1689 John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government 1689 John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government 1694 Voltaire 1715 Reign of Louis XIV of France 1748 Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract 1775 American Revolution 1776 Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence 1789 Storming of the Bastille 1789 Storming of the Bastille 1793 reign of terror 1793 Execution of Louis XVI 1804 Napoleon becomes Emperor 1815 Battle of Waterloo: End of Napoleon’s Rule 1830 Eugène Delacroix: Painted Liberty leading the people 1865 Johann Sebastian Bach