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May 24, 1543
1543 Nicolaus Copernicus
- he tough the sun was the center of the univery -Nicolaus Copernicus was 71 win he die
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1603 Francis Bacon
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1610 Galileo Galilei
-the planet Neptune appeared to have moved relative to an actual nearby star.
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1641 Rene Descartes
-he was a philosopher, scientist, and mathematician
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1666 Isaac Newton
-when Newton was born, England was using a different calendar than the rest of Europe.
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John Locke
English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, Locke is equally important to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Jean- -
Montesquieu
He is the principal source of the theory of separation of powers, which is implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He is also known for doing more than any other author to secure the place of the word despotism in the political lexicon.[7] His anonymously published The Spirit of Law (1748), which was received well in both Great Britain and the American colonies, influenced -
1763 Voltaire
The Treatise on Tolerance on the Occasion of the Death of Jean Calas from the Judgment Rendered in Toulouse is a work by French philosopher Voltaire, published in 1763, in which he calls for religious belefs