chapter 22 By dakota104 350 BCE Aristotle explained the geocentric theory 200 BCE ptolemy supported the geocentric theory 1500 Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocenctric theory 1543 Andreas Vesalius published On the Fabric of the Human Body-detailing dissection of human bodies 1590 Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope 1600 The Baroque Period began in art, music, and architecture 1602 Galileo developed the law of the pendulum 1609 Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion 1620 Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method 1628 William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood through the body 1637 Rene Descartes published discourse on method which set forth his reasoning 1638 Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus's theory 1643 Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer 1651 Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan-social contract 1662 Robert Boyle created Boyle's law 1673 Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time 1687 Isaac Newton published his law of gravity 1690 John Locke explained his theory of "natural rights" (life, liberty, and property) 1714 Gabriel Farenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass (32=freezing; 212=boiling) 1740 the enlightened deposit , Frederick II, began his rule of Austria 1742 Ander celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer 1748 Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws 1749 Emilie du Chatalet translated Newton's work from Latin into French 1750 The Classical Period began in art music and architecture 1751 Denis Diderot published the first volume of the Encyclopedia 1756 Francois Marie Arouet changed his name to volitaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract 1762 the enlightened despot, Catherine the Great, began her rule of Russia 1764 Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishments 1774 Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence 1778 Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named oxygen 1780 The enlightened deposit, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria 1788 The U.S. enacted the Constitution-establishing a federal system, speration of powers, checks and balances 1791 The U.S. Congress added the Bill of Rights(first 10 amendments) to the Constitution 1792 Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1796 Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
