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Thomas Hobbes
was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy. -
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John Lock
was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social contract theory. His work had a great impact upon the development of epistemology and political philosophy. -
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English Civil War
was a series of armed conflicts and political problems between Parliamentarians (Roundheads) and Royalists (Cavaliers) -
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Louis XIV
known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, was a monarch of the House of Bourbon who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of monarchs of major countries in European history. -
Thomas Hobbes Publishes Leviathan
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Louis XIV begins the first of many wars that continue throuought his reign
Louis XIV begins the first of many wars that continue throuought his reign -
Glorious Revolution
was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau -
John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Goverbnment and Essay
John Locke publishes Two Treatises of Goverbnment and Essay concerning human understanding. -
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Maximilien Robespierre
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Napoleon Bonaporte
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American Revolution
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The Wealth of Nations
First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth and is today a fundamental work in classical economics. -
Declarations of the rights of man
is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal. Influenced by the doctrine of "natural right", the rights of man are held to be universal: valid at all times and in every place, pertaining to human nature itself. -
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The Terror
was a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
Napoleon Bonaporte comes to power in a coup
Napoleon Bonaporte comes to power in a coup -
Napoleon Crowns himself Emperor of France and issues the civil code
Napoleon Crowns himself Emperor of France and issues the civil code -
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Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck, was a conservative German statesman who dominated European affairs from the 1860s to his dismissal in 1890 by Emperor Wilhelm II. -
The Revolutions of 1830
The Revolutions of 1830 were a revolutionary wave in Europe. It included two "romantic" revolutions, the Belgian Revolution in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the July Revolution in France along with revolutions in Congress Poland and Switzerland. -
1848 The great wave of charist revolutions in Britain and throught Europe
1848 The great wave of charist revolutions in Britain; Karl Marx and Friederick Engels, The Comunist Manifesto; Revolutions of 1848 throut Europe; Slavery abolished in French colonies; safedom ended in Austrian Empire. -
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Crimean War
was a conflict between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between major European powers for influence over territories of the declining Ottoman Empire. -
Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species
Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species which challenged the Judeo-Christian worldview that humanity was the creation of God. -
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Scramble for Africa
European nations carve up Africa at the Berlin conference. -
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Dreyfus Affair lays bare anti-Semitism in France
Dreyfus Affair lays bare anti-Semitism in France -
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Dreyfus Affair
was a political scandal that divided France from its inception in 1894 until its resolution in 1906. -
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The Great War
World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War. -
U.S Enters WW1
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Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
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Paris Peace Conference
Paris peace conference redraws the map of Europe and punishes Germany with the terms of the Treaty of versailes; League of Nations established. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II.
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Hitler Rise To Power
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Germany invades the USSR
Germany invades the USSR; Japan attacks pearl harbour; U.S enters the war -
Atomic bombing of Japan
U.S drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki -
Divison of Germany
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Ghana gained independence
Ghana gained independence from Britain. -
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The Vietnam War
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Cuban Missile crisis
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Kenya gained Independence
Kenya gained formal independence from Britain. -
Fall of The Berlin Wall
East and West Germany reunite after the fall of the Berlin Wall.