John Locke - Kennedy

By kcyr

  • John Locke is Born in England

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    John Locke goes to college

    Studied philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics. Graduated with many degrees and became a very important professer at the University of Oxford.

  • John Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse

  • John Locke is introduced to Anthony Ashley Cooper (Lord Ashley)

    Meets and befriends Lord Ashley, an important British politician.

  • John Locke oversees a liver operation that saves Lord Ashley's life

    Locke who is now Lord Ashley's personal physician supervises a liver operation that saves Lord Ashley's life and remarkably he lives another 15 years.

  • John Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina

    Because of Lord Ashley's involvement in the new British colonies in America Locke is asked to write the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina.

  • John Locke writes his first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding

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    Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract

    Locke's begins to write and promote the idea of a Social Contract, he may not be the first with the idea but his social status will make the idea popular.

  • John Locke flees to Holland

    Locke's ideas about a revolution are linked to a plot to kill the king. He flees to Holland to avoid being arrested for treason. Many of the people that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason; some are killed.

  • England's Glorious Revolution; John Locke returns to England

    England's Glorious Revolution; John Locke is welcomed by the new king and returns to England

  • Essay Concerning Human Understanding is published

  • John Locke meets and befriends Sir Isaac Newton

  • Two Treatises of Civil Government is published

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    John Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade

    Becomes the British Board of Trade's most influential member, even though his health is failing.

  • John Locke dies

  • Thomas Jefferson borrows ideas from John Locke in the Declaration of Independence