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In the landmark work, he sets forth his three basic laws of motion and the law of universal gravitation. -
In this work he defends a doctrine of natural rights and a conception of political authority as limited and conditional on the ruler’s fulfillment of his obligation to serve the public good. A classic formulation of the principles of political liberalism, this work will later influence the American and French revolutions. -
The Deistic philosopher John Toland publishes Christianity Not Mysterious. In this work he seeks to show that “there is nothing in the Gospels contrary to reason, nor above it.” Any doctrine that is really above reason, he argues, would be meaningless to humans. -
The beginning of the French and Indian War. -
Benjamin Franklin proposed a single government for the colonies. -
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War. The English drove the French out of North America. This was when the English national debt soared. -
King George III banned colonists from settling beyond the Appalacian Mountains. -
Smugglers could be tried in Admiralty Courts, without the benefit of a jury. -
Taxes were put on paper goods and legal documents. -
Colonies were required to provide housing and food for British troops. -
Parliament repeals the Stamp Act and passes the Declaratory Act, which reiterates Parliament's authority over the colonies. -
Massachusetts Assembly issued the Massachusetts Circular Letter, denouncing the Townsend Act. -
Boston merchants agreed not to import British goods or sell to Britain. -
Napoleon is born Napoleone Buonaparte in Ajaccio, on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. -
The Battle of Golden Hill was a clash between British soldiers and the Sons of Liberty. -
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation between British soldiers and a boisterous crowd in front of the Custom House on King Street in Boston, Massachusetts. -
A British ship was patrolling for smugglers off the coast of Rhode Island and a local mob burned it; the mob was then accused of treason. -
The Tea Act was an attempt by Parliament to undercut smugglers by reducing the price of tea to the colonies. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest by American colonists against British taxes and the East India Company's monopoly. -
Parliament closed the city's port in response to the Boston Tea Party. -
First revolt against the king. -
Riots in Paris by workers of the Réveillon wallpaper factory in the Faubourg Saint-Antoine. Twenty-five workers were killed in battles with police. -
the crowd liberated soldiers who had been imprisoned for attending meetings of political clubs. -
He fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and promoted to brigadier general. -
Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie is the widow of General Alexandre de Beauharnais. -
He negotiates the Treaty of Campo Formio. -
He attempted to conquer Egypt but was defeated by the British under Horatio Nelson in the Battle of the Nile. -
Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. -
Armed forces must now swear allegiance to him. -
"Nuremberg Laws": anti-Jewish racial laws enacted; Jews no longer considered German citizens; Jews could not marry Aryans; nor could they fly the German flag. -
Germans march into the Rhineland, previously demilitarized by the Versailles Treaty. -
Adolf Eichmann establishes the Office of Jewish Emigration in Vienna to increase the pace of forced emigration.