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Nicolas Copernicus born
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Long considered a major precursor to Galileo Galilei, the Italian Giovanni Battista Benedetti (1530 - 1590) opposed the work of Aristotle arguing that freely falling bodies move with speeds proportional to weight.
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Hobbes publishes Leviathan
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz organizes and establishes the Berlin Academy of Science
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Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws. The condition of the country determine the political and social structure
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Voltaire published Treaties on Toleration
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The first shots of the Revolutionary War are tired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
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The declaration of Independence is adopted by the second Continental Congress
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The US and France sign the French Alliance
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US Constitution sign
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Insurrection at Grenoble
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Lafayette appointed comander of National Guard.
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France declares war on Austria, but French army flees at sight of the enemy