The enlightenment and the french revolution

By Aya Elmastouri

  • Galileo discovers moons in our solar systems

    During his time of study, with a homemade microscope that he created he discovered that there were four "stars" circling around a planet in our solar system. Thus, Galileo discovered that the stars were actually moons that surrounded it, therefore changing Galileo perspective on the solar system completely.
  • Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum (A new method)

    Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum (A new method)

    Francis Bacon decided to publish the book in order to release his opinion on how he explains a new system of logic which was the scientific method which was popularized after releasing his book, since Galileo was the first to "discover" the scientific method, Francis Bacon added on to this belief.
  • Louis the XIV takes rule of France

    Louis the XIV takes rule of France

  • John Locke publishes Two treatises of Government

  • Montesquieu publishes Spirit of the Laws

  • Rousseau publishes the social contract in France

  • King Louis XVI approves military aid to American colonies

  • The Bastille is stormed by citizens of Paris

  • Estates System (feudalism) abolished

  • Declaration of the rights of man presented by national assembly

  • The " Womens march"; King and Queen "kidnapped" back to Paris

    The " Womens march"; King and Queen "kidnapped" back to Paris

  • Haitian Revolution begins in French colony of Saint-Domingue

  • France declares war on Austria

  • First use of the guillotine

  • Louis the XVI executed

  • Committee on Public Safety established; start of Reign of Terror

  • Marie Antoinette executed

  • French Republic abolishes slavery in their colonies

  • Robespierre executed

  • Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself Emperor of France