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May 20, 1451
Christopher Columbus was born
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Period: May 20, 1451 to
Scientific Revolution
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Feb 19, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus is born
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Feb 16, 1564
Galileo Galilei was born.
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Jan 1, 1582
"Gregorian Calendar"
Pope Gregory XIII suggested reform of the Julian calendar. -
Hamlet
William Shakespeare published the play "Hamlet" which is one of the greatest plays in history. -
Sir Isaac Newton was born
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The Enlightenment Period
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Isaac Newton Publishes Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica
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. -
Benjamin Franklin was born.
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John Adams was born (AR)
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Hume published Treatise on Human Nature
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. -
Thomas Jefferson was born
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Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws.
The condition of the country determined the political and social structure. -
Jacques-Pierre Brissot was born
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Louis XVI was born
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Maximilien Robespierre was born
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War breaks out
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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The American Revolution
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Americans hold their own at the Battle of Bunker Hill
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. -
America declares its independence
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Smith published The Wealth of Nations.
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. -
Armed citizens storm and capture the Bastille.
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French revolution
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France declares war on Britain and Holland.
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Royalists attempt a coup and Napoleon Bonaparte
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. -
Napoleon begins his Egyptian Campaign
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Napoleon's Empire
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Wellington, leader of Spanish forces, defeats French forces under the command of Joseph Bonaparte at Vitoria.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon dies on St. Helena
