Timeline Project WHII By Maus9 Feb 19, 1473 Nicolaus Copernicus's birth May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus's death Feb 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei's birth Dec 27, 1571 Johannes Kepler's birth Apr 1, 1578 William Harvey's birth Apr 5, 1588 Thomas Hobbes's birth Apr 25, 1599 Oliver Cromwell's birth Nov 19, 1600 Charles I's birth May 29, 1630 Charles II's birth Nov 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler's death Aug 29, 1632 John Locke's birth Sep 5, 1638 Louis XIV's birth Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei's death Jan 4, 1643 Isaac Newton's birth Jan 30, 1649 Charles I's death Jun 3, 1657 William Harvey's death Sep 3, 1658 Oliver Cromwell's death Jun 9, 1672 Peter the Great's birth Dec 4, 1679 Thomas Hobbes's death Feb 6, 1685 Charles II's death Jan 18, 1689 Montesquieu's birth Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights passed Nov 21, 1694 Voltaire's birth Oct 28, 1704 John Locke's death Jun 28, 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau's birth Sep 1, 1715 Louis XIV's death Feb 8, 1725 Peter the Great's death Mar 31, 1727 Isaac Newton's death Feb 10, 1755 Montesquieu's death May 6, 1758 Maximillien Robespierre's birth Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 US Declaration of Independence May 30, 1778 Voltaire's death Jul 21, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau's death Sep 17, 1787 US Constitution is ratified Jul 14, 1789 Bastille Prision is attacked Jul 14, 1789 French Revolution begins Apr 25, 1792 Joesph-Ignace Guillitin propses the use of the guillotine Sep 5, 1793 Reign of Terror begins Jul 28, 1794 Reign of Terror ends Jul 28, 1794 Maximillien Robespierre's death Nov 9, 1799 French Revolution ends