Chapter 22 By James LaMack 350 BCE Aristotle explained the geocentric theory 1500 Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory 1543 Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory 1543 galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting copernicus's theory 1543 Andreas Vesalius published On the Fabric of the human body 1590 Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope 1596 Rene Descartes published Discourse on method which set forth his reasoning 1600 The baroque period began in art, music, and architecture 1600 William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body 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 expiremental method 1632 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time 1643 Evangelista torricelli developed the first mercury barometer 1651 Thomas Hobbes Published leviathan 1662 Robert Boyle created Boyle's Law 1687 Issac Newton published his law of gravity 1689 John Locke explained his theory of Natural Rights 1699 Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes 1709 Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass 1724 Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer 1730 Emilie du Chatalet translated newton's work from latin into french 1730 The classical period began in art, music, and architecture 1740 The enlightened despot, Frederick II, began his rule of prussia 1748 Montesquieu published on the spirit of laws 1750 Francois-Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms 1759 Denis Diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia 1762 The enlightened despot, Catherine the great, began her rule of Russia 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract 1764 Cesare Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishments 1765 The enlightened despot, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria 1774 Joseph Priestly Discovered oxygen 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence 1778 Antoine Lavoisier Discovered and named gas oxygen 1787 The US enacted the constitution 1789 The US congress added the bill of rights 1792 Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a vindication of the rights of the woman 1796 Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
