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Pope Gregory XIII suggested reform of the Julian calendar.
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William Shakespeare published the play "Hamlet" which is one of the greatest plays in history.
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Perhaps the most important event in the history of science, the Principia lays out Newton's comprehensive model of the universe as organized according to the law of universal gravitation.
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Treatise on Human Nature is considered by many scholars as the Treatise to be Hume's most important work and one of the most important books in the history of philosophy.
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The condition of the country determined the political and social structure.
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The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The news of the bloodshed rockets along the eastern seaboard, and thousands of volunteers converge on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army.
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In the first major action of the war, inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off hardened British veterans for more than two hours at Breed's Hill.
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The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds a nations wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economics.
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when the royalists attempted a coup, Napoleon Bonaparte made his name suppressing the move with grapeshot. The popular party gains strength, Gracchus Babeuf is its spokesperson, holding running meetings at the Pantheon.
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Napoleon dies on St. Helena
