John Locke Timeline

By Tornado1384

  • John Locke is born

  • Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford College

    Locke becomes a very important professor at Oxford College after studying philosophy, medicine, law, and mathematics and graduating with multiple degrees

  • Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method

    Locke reads Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method and likes what he reads. This work includes the famous quote "I think, therefore I am"

  • Anthony Ashley Cooper befriends Locke

    Anthony Ashley Cooper "Lord Ashley" who is an important British politician meets and befriends Locke

  • Locke is now Lord Ashley's personal physician

    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

  • 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

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

    Locke's ideas on Natural Law that are based on others create the first draft of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding

  • 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

  • Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king

    Locke's ideas about revolution against a government are linked to a plot to kill the king. Locke flees to Holland, many that agreed with him and Lord Ashley are arrested for treason and some are killed

  • England's Glorious Revolution

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

  • Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke is published

  • Two Treatises of Civil Government by John Locke is published

  • Locke is appointed to the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing he is its most influential member

    Locke the most influential member of the British Board of Trade and even though his health is failing.

  • Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton

    Locke meets Sir Isaac Newton and they become friends

  • John Locke dies

  • Thomas Jefferson borrows from Locke's ideas

    Locke's ideas help Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence