Contemporary world By liz_cerrain 1610 Enlightenment began 1651 Hobbes publishes "Leviathan" Book about political thinking 1689 Start of the enlightened despotism 1690 "Two Treatises on Government" Book written by John Locke, which describbed the need of fairness in law 1733 Voltaire published "Philosophic Letters to the English 1776 Declaration of Independence of USA 1789 Beggining of the French revolution 1789 Attack to the Bastille 1792 French Republic The first French Republic 1815 End of the enlightened despotism