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Feb 9, 1543
Niolaus Copernicus
He had challenged th geocentric theory with the heliocentric theory. The heliocentric theory stated that the sun is the center of the solar system. His theory was published in 1543. -
Thomas Hobbes.
In the 1650s Hobbes Publishes the Leviathan. -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton's treatise law of gravity was punlished in 1687.His treatise of gravitation presented in, Principia Mathematica was in his own account inspired by the sight of a fallling apple. -
The Social Contract Is Published
Of The Social Contract, or principles of Politcal Rights by Jean Jacques is the book in which Rousseau Theorized about the best way in whixh to set up a political community. -
American Colonies Declare Independence.
On this day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental congress adopts the Declartion of Independence. Which proclaims the independence of a new United States Of America from Great Britain and its king. -
Start of French Revolution.
King Louis and his wife needed money. They started raising taxes and a loaf of bread price went up. Some people died of starvation. -
Storming of the Bastille
This occurred in Paris,France on the moring of 14 July 1789. A huge mob marched to Bastille searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. -
Mary Wollstonecraft.
Mary Wollstone believed women should be equal in marriage, and have the same education as men. Her beliefs were published in 1792 -
King Louis is executed..The Reign Of Terror
This was a period of violence that occurred after the French Revolution. -
Napoleon Crowns himself as Emperor.
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is the first frenchman to hold the title of Emperor in a thousand years.
