History Timeline

By Paola Yep Gutierrez
  • 1550

    Scientific Revolution

    1550-1700
    Galileo Galilei: first scientist to study the sky with a telescope and invented the thermometer
    Issac Newton: English scientist that simplified the studies of other scientists, and invented 4 laws.
    Zacharias Janssen: was a Deutch​ lens-maker that invent the first microscope
    1.impact the way people think about the natural world
    2.new discoveries made the old beliefs began to be wrong
    3.started using experiments and mathematics to understand the mysteries

  • Enlightnment

    1648 - 1789 Jonh Locke: laid much of the groundwork for the Enlightenment.
    Charles I: English Civil War overthrows Charles I.
    Tomas Hobbes: hobbes publishes Leviathan, which had an impact during the Enlightenment. Results of the Enlightenment:
    1st: equality became widely spread through time.
    2nd: music and entertainment became more affordable.

  • American Revolution

    1765-1783 George Washington: was appointed the ​commander of the Continental Army.
    Benjamin Franklin: was one of the most celebrated of America's Founding Fathers, a man who enjoyed success as an inventor, scientist, printer, politician, and diplomat.
    Thomas Jefferson: one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America for the central role he played in drafting the Declaration of Independence. -Lack of organization on the part of Americans.
    -Different ideologies.
    -Many deaths.

  • Napoleon Empire

    1798 - 1821 Alexander I: he allied with Napoleon by the Treaty of Tilsit
    Baron Stein:Napoleon forced him to leave Prussia
    MarieLouise: Napoleons wife after the divorce with Josephine Austerlitz: Napoleon`s army defeated the Russian and Austrian armies
    Leipzig: Napoleon`s army was defeated by a four-nation alliance
    Marengo: Battle in which Napoleon defeated Austria

  • French Revolution

    1789-1799 Louis XVI: King of France. Failed to implement reforms to manage the monarchy´s huge debts, and was never reconciled to the revolution.
    Marie Antoinette: Queen of France.Feared and despised by many as an evil foreign influence.
    Maximilien​ Robespierre: an official during the French Revolution and one of the principal architects of the Reign of Terror. -Spread of Enlightenment ideas around Europe.
    -Domino Effect of revolutions.
    -Civil Constitution of the clergy.