Chapter 22

By mddnguyen
  • 301 BCE

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
  • 168 BCE

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
  • 1473

    Nicholas Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory

    Nicholas Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
  • 1543

    Andreas Vesalius published on the Fabric of the Human Body - detailing dissection of human bodies

    Andreas Vesalius published on the Fabric of the Human Body - detailing dissection of human bodies

  • Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

    Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

  • The Baroque period began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers)

    The Baroque period began in art, music, and architecture (Bach and Handel were composers)

  • Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

    Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

  • Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

    Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

  • Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion

    Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion

  • William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

    William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

  • Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method

    Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method

  • Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set forth his reasoning

    Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set forth his reasoning

  • Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus's theory

  • Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan - social contract ( people give up rights to a strong ruler who maintains order)

  • Robert Boyle created Boyle's Law

  • Isaac Newton published his law of gravity

  • John Locke explained his theory of "natural rights" (life,liberty,and property)

  • Francois-Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms

  • Mary Astel wrote a serious proposal to the ladies - addressing the lack of educational opportunities for women

  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

  • Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer (0 = freezing; 100 = boiling)

  • Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote The Social Contract - free individuals create a society and government

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass (32= freezing; 212 = boiling)

  • Emilie du Chatalet ( mathematician and physicist) translated Newton's work from Latin into French

  • The classical period begain in art,music, and architecture ( Haydn,Mozart, and Beethoven were composers)

  • The englightened despot, Frederick II, begain his rule of Prussia

  • Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws - detailing separation of powers in government

  • Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes

  • Denis Diderot published the first volume of the Encyclopedia - a collection of enlightened thinkers works

  • Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishments - railing against common abuses of justice

  • The enlightened despot, Catherine the Great, began her rule of Russia

  • Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen

  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

  • Ahtoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen

  • The enlightened despot, Joseph II,began his rule of Austria

  • The U.S. enacted the Constitution - establishing a federal system, separation of powers, checks and balances

  • The U.S. Congress added the Bill of Rights (first 10 amendments) to the Constitution

  • Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - promoting women's education as virtuous

  • Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox