Newton

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

By s-pasingh
  • 1543

    Copernicus proposes a heliocentric view

  • 1566

    Suleyman I dies

  • Jamestown is founded

  • Galileo backs up Copernicus' view

  • The First Africans arrive as slaves...

    ...eventually 50 million would become slaves.

  • Galileo is Condemned

  • Machus invade Korea

  • First daily newspaper printed in London

  • The United Kingdom of Great Britain is formed

  • Period: to

    Reign of Frederick I

  • Start of the Hanoverian dynasty

  • Period: to

    Robert Walpole serves as Prime Minister

  • Period: to

    War of Austrian Succession

  • Period: to

    Reign of Maria Theresa

  • Period: to

    Reign of Frederick II

  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

  • Period: to

    Publication of the Encyclopedia

  • The Lisbon Earthquake

  • Diplomatic Revolution

  • Period: to

    The Seven Years War

  • Period: to

    Reign of Catherine II

  • The Treaty of Paris...

    ...forced France to give up almost all of its colonies to Great Britain. It ended the Seven Years War.

  • Adam Smith promotes laissez-faire in The Wealth of Nations

  • The Declaration of Indedepence

  • Automation begins

  • Period: to

    Reign of Joseph II

  • General Cornwallis surrenders...

    ...to George Washington at Yorktown.

  • The Treaty of Paris...

    ...recognized the independence of the American colonies.

  • The French Revolution

  • Rule of Emperor Qianlong ends