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Galileo published a description of sunspots in 1613 entitled letters on sunspots sugesting the sun and heavens are corruptible.
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In the principia Newton defined the universal law of gravitatiom.
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Newton's monograph Philosophia Naturalist Principia Mathematic lays the foundations for most of classic mechanics.
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Newton published opticks, in which he expanded his corpuscular theory of light.
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King Louis XIV died leaving his country in debt from the money he spent supporting the arts.
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Montesquieu published persian letters.
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Voltaire published Letters to the english criticized problems facing france at the time.
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Beginning of the refusal of Sacraments Controversy
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The First Assembly of notables. Raising taxes is dicussed and rejected.
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The beginning of the French revoultion.
