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Sep 18, 1543
copernicus publeshes the heliocentric theory
Earth and other planets revolve around the sun . -
Hobbes published Leviathan
The philosophy of Thomas Hobbes is perhaps the most complete materialist philosophy of the 17th century. -
Newton publeshes treatise on the law of gravity
Gravity holds us all n earth on earth and keeps planets constantly rotating round the sun. -
The social contract is published
it was published by Jean-Jacques Rousseau -
American colonies declare independence
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain and its king. -
Storming of the Bastille
. A huge, bloodthirsty mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. Even elements of the newly formed National Guard were present at the assault. -
start of French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a fundamental impact on French history and on modern history worldwide -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Women
She belived that woman had the right to hve equal to men ad equal parts in marrige. -
King Louis XVI is executed; the Reian of Terror of begins
king louis XVI was executed by the people that did not like him and the people that belived the enlightenment ideas. -
Napoleon crowns himself as emperor
the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years.