John Locke By facebooker_100002629700728 Jan 1, 1597 Bacon publishes his essays Jan 1, 1597 Bacon publishes Colours of good and evil Jan 1, 1620 Bacon Publishes Novum Organum Jan 1, 1628 Descartes publishes Discourse on method Jan 1, 1632 Locke is born Jan 1, 1644 Principles of philosophy published Jan 1, 1660 Newton invents calculus Feb 4, 1665 Reads Descartes Becomes heavily influenced. Feb 4, 1687 Newton publishes Principa Dec 1, 1689 An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is published Jan 1, 1693 Some Thoughts Concerning Education is published Jan 1, 1695 Reasonableness of Christianity published anonymously Jan 1, 1704 Locke dies Jan 1, 1704 Newton publishes Opticks