chapter 22 By isaiahcrotts1111234 300 BCE Aristotle explained the geocentric theory 168 Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory 1512 Nicolas Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory 1543 Andres Vesalius published on the Fabric Of the Human body 1590 Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope 1600 the Baroque period began 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 1633 Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus theory 1637 Rene Descartes published discourse on method which set fourth his reasoning 1644 Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer 1651 Thomas Hobbes published leviathan 1651 William Harvey showed the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood thorughtout the body 1662 Robert Boyle created Boyels law 1673 Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time 1687 Isaac newton publish his law on gravity 1689 John Locke explained his theory on natural rights 1694 Mary astell wrote serious proposal to ladies 1709 Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer 1718 Francois- Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms 1724 Andres Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer 1728 Denis Diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia 1740 The enlightened despot, Fredrick II, began his rule on Persia. 1748 Montesquieu published spirt of laws 1750 Marie Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philisophers 1750 The classical period began 1759 emilie du chatalet translated newtons work from latin to french 1762 The enlightenment despot, Kathrine the great, began her rule on russia 1762 jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contact 1764 Cesare beccaria published on crimes and punishments 1772 Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen 1776 Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence. 1778 Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen 1780 The enlightenment despot, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria 1787 The U.S enacted the constitution 1789 The U.S congress added the bill of rights. 1792 Marry wollstonecraft wrote a vindication of the rights of women 1796 Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
