Chapter 16 By kaylalovesf1 1543 Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres 1543 Vesalius publishes On the Structure of the Human Body 1610 Galileo writes The Sidereal Messenger 1627 Kepler completes Brahe’s Rudolphine Tables 1633 Galileo tried for heresy 1662 Boyle discovered Boyle’s Law 1687 Newton publishes Principia 1689 Voltaire publishes Two Treaties of Government 1697 Pierre Bayle publishes Historical and Critical Dictionary 1710 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz publishes Theodicy 1740 Rococo Period 1740 Maria Theresa takes throne in Austria 1740 Frederick II takes the throne in Prussia 1740 War of Austrian Succession 1748 Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of Laws 1751 Diderot and Rond d’Alembert create Encyclopedia 1762 Rousseau publishes The Social Contract 1762 Catherine the Great takes the throne in Russia 1773 Pugachev’s Rebellion 1776 Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations 1784 Kant publishes What is Enlightenment? 1791 Pale of Settlement