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Sep 24, 1543
Heliocentric Theory
Is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the universe. -
Period: Sep 24, 1543 to
Enlightment Ideas
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Hobbes Publishes Leviathan
The work has the structure of society and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. -
Law of Gravity
Every point mass attracts every single other point mass by a force pointing along the line intersecting both points. -
The Social Contract
Work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau says that should be based on the general will of a society and should conform to the nature of human beings, and that the majority in a government has a right to remove immune minorities. -
American Colonies Declare Independence
By issuing the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists’ intentions for finding their independence. By declaring themselves an independent country, the American colonists were able to decide an official alliance with the government of France and get French assistance in the war against Great Britain. -
Storming of the Bastille
On the morning of July 14th, 1789, a group of craftsmen and salesmen decided to fight back and ran to the Invalides to take weapons. The mob stole 28,000 riffles , no powder was found. They knew that a pile of powder was in the Bastille, a prison that was a symbol of the King's power. So they attacked it. -
Start of French Revolution
An important even in modern European history was the French Revolution that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s. During this time, French citizens destroyed their country’s political terrain, uprooting centuries-old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. Like the American -
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great work that was based on women. Wollstonecraft said that wisdom will always rule and seek “to encourage women to attempt to get strength, both of mind and body". -
King Louis XVI is Executed
On September 21, 1792, the Legislative Assembly declared the First French Republic. That November, proof of Louis XVI’s secret dealings was discovered, and him and his family were charged with treason. Louis was soon found guilty by the National Assembly and sentenced to death. On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined in the Palace de la Revolution. His wife, Marie Antoinette, met the same fate. -
Napoleon Crowns Himself As Emperor
According to legend, during the coronation he took the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself, displaying his rejection of the authority of the Pontiff.
