Chapters 7-10 timeline By chandler3434 Period: Jan 1, 1550 to Dec 31, 1650 Timeline Oct 25, 1550 Ming Dynasty Begins Oct 25, 1553 Rise of Ivan the Terrible Oct 25, 1553 The Tudors Begin Ruling England Oct 25, 1553 The Scientific Revolution Oct 25, 1558 Queen Elizabeth I Oct 25, 1562 The French Wars of Religion Oct 25, 1568 Japan is Unified Oct 25, 1603 The Stuarts Begin Ruling England Oct 25, 1613 Romanov Dynasty Begins in Russia Oct 25, 1618 The Thirty years war Oct 25, 1630 The Hermit Kingdom Oct 25, 1631 Galileo Faces the Inquisition Oct 25, 1637 Descartes Writes "Discourse on Method" Oct 25, 1642 Puritan Revolution Oct 25, 1642 Iasic Newton Born Jan 1, 1643 Louis XIV Oct 25, 1644 Quig Dynasty Oct 24, 1650 The Enlightenment Period: Oct 25, 1651 to Oct 25, 1800 1651-1800 Oct 25, 1661 Kangxi Begins Ruling China Oct 25, 1702 The First Daily Newspaper is Published in England Oct 25, 1748 Montesquieu publishes "The Spirit of the Laws" Oct 25, 1751 Denis Diderot writes first Encyclopedia Oct 25, 1762 Rousseau publishes "The Social Contract" Oct 25, 1763 Voltaire writes "Treatise on Toleration" Oct 25, 1763 Treaty of Paris Gives Control of India to England Jul 4, 1776 American Colonies Declare Independance Oct 25, 1776 Adam Smith Publishes "the wealth of Nations Oct 25, 1793 England's King George III Sends Trade Mission to China