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1543
1543 Nicolaus Copernicus
He never earned a bachelor's degree.
He practiced medicine.
He didn't actually think the earth revolves around the sun. -
1603 Francis Bacon
Treatises on empiricist natural philosophy
The Advancement of Learning
Novum Organum Scientiarum and for his doctrine of the idols -
1610 Galileo Galilei
Compasses
Balances to improve telescopes
Microscopes -
1641 Rene Descartes
Rules, Rational, Scientific Thinking. -
1666 Isaac Newton
The theory of universal gravitation, The nature of white light and Calculus -
1679 John Locke
Natural law
Social contract
Religious Toleration -
1748 Montesquieu
Republican
Monarchical
Despotic -
1751 Denis Diderot
Advocated Deism
A form of democracy
The abolishment of slavery -
1762 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Discourse on the Origins of Inequality
The Discourse on Political Economy
The Social Contract -
1763 Voltaire
Books
Plays
Poems -
1764 James Watt
Scottish Engineer
Inventor
Chemist -
1776 Thomas Jefferson
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of happiness. -
1776 Adam Smith
The law of self-interest
The law of competition
The law of supply and demand -
1776 George Washington
National bank
The Bank of the United States\
Set up his own presidential cabinet -
1786 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The motet Exsultate
Jubilate, K 165
The operas The Marriage of Figaro -
1789 Maximillien Robespierre
He was a bright child.
He was elected to the Estates-General in 1789.
Ancient Rome provided him with political inspiration. -
1810 Miguel Hidalgo
Spanish Rule
Racial Equality
Redistribution of land -
1821 Simon Bolivar
New Granada
Venezuela
Quito