Scientific Revolution/ Enlightenment Era By landoneschman Period: Feb 25, 1700 to Feb 25, 1721 Great North War- Sweden and Russia Period: Feb 25, 1701 to Feb 25, 1714 War of Spanish Succession Feb 25, 1713 Treaty of Utrecht Feb 25, 1733 John Kay's Flying Shutle Feb 25, 1739 Start Of War of Jenkin's Ear- England and Spain Period: Feb 25, 1740 to Feb 25, 1748 War of Austrian Succession- Austria and Prussia Feb 25, 1748 Spirit of Laws- Montesquieu Feb 25, 1748 Inquiry Into Human Nature- Hume Feb 25, 1748 Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle Feb 25, 1751 Denis Diderot- Volume One of Encyclopedia Feb 25, 1755 Rousseau- Discourse on The Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences Feb 25, 1756 Convention of Westminister- England and Prussia Feb 25, 1756 "Diplomatic Revolution" Period: Feb 25, 1756 to Feb 25, 1763 Seven Years' War- Austria and Prussia Feb 25, 1757 Battle of Plassey Feb 25, 1759 Voltaire- Candide Feb 25, 1759 England Captures Quebec Feb 25, 1762 Rousseau publishes The Social Contract Feb 25, 1763 Start of Enlightened Despots Seeking Economic Growth Feb 25, 1763 Voltaire- Treatise On Tolerance Feb 25, 1763 Treaty Of Paris Feb 25, 1764 Cessare Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments Feb 25, 1765 James Hargreaves Invents Spinning Jenny Feb 25, 1769 Richard Arkwright's Water Frame Feb 25, 1772 Partition of Poland #1 Period: Feb 25, 1773 to Feb 25, 1775 Pugachev's Rebellion Feb 25, 1776 Adam Smith Publishes Wealth of Nations Feb 25, 1777 Laissez-faire Popular Term Feb 25, 1785 Catherine II Issues Charter of the Nobility Feb 25, 1787 Edmund Cartwright's Power Loom