Timeline Project

  • Feb 19, 1493

    Nicolaus Copernicus is born

  • May 24, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus Dies

  • Feb 15, 1564

    Galileo Galilei is born

  • Dec 27, 1571

    Johannes Kepler is born

  • Apr 1, 1578

    William Harvey is born

  • Thomas Hobbes is born

  • Oliver Cromwell is born

  • Charles I is born

  • Charles II is born

  • Johannes Kepler dies

  • John Locke is born

  • Louis XIV is born

  • Galileo Galilei dies

  • Isaac Newton is born

  • Charles I dies

  • William and Mary's reign begins

  • William Harvey dies

  • Oliver Cromwell dies

  • Peter the Great is born

  • Thomas Hobbes dies

  • Charles II dies

  • Montesquieu is born

  • English Bill of Rights ratified

    English Bill of Rights ratified
  • Voltaire is born

  • William and Mary's reign ends (William dies)

  • John Locke dies

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born

  • Louis XIV dies

  • Peter the Great dies

  • Isaac Newton dies

  • Montesquieu dies

  • Maximillien Robespierre is born

  • American Revolution begins

  • Declaration of Independence is Ratified

    Declaration of Independence is Ratified
  • Voltaire dies

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies

  • American Revolution ends

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    French Revolution

    (No exact date)
  • US Constitution is ratified

    US Constitution is ratified
  • Bastille Prison is attacked

    Bastille Prison is attacked
  • Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed Guillotine

    Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed Guillotine
  • Reign of Terror begins

  • Reign of Terror ends

  • Maximillien Robespierre dies