Topics Before 19th Century by Ana Sofia Checa, Mercedes Romero and Arantxa Ccaho
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It started with Nicholas Copernicus Publishes in 1543 (On the Revolutions of Celestial Bodies) Copernicus' masterwork; he sets out the heliocentric theory.
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In 1666 Robert Boyle Publishes Boyle's work, though highly flawed, sets the stage for the study of matter on the atomic level.
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It ended in 1687 with Isaac Newton publishes (Philosophia Naturalis Principia Mathematica).Newton's comprehensive model of the universe as organized according to the law of universal gravitation.
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Published "Essay Concerning Human Understanding"
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The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord, marking the beginnings of armed conflict between Great Britain and America.
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United States declared independence from Great Britain.
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The signature publication of the period was Diderot´s "Encyclopédie", which brought together leading authors to produce an ambitious complication of human knowledge.
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Great Britain and the United States signed a peace treaty, the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
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Isaac Newton published his "Principe Mathematica" http://www.history.com/topics/enlightenment
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The aristocracy stripped themselves of their feudal rights and privileges
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It asserted the political and social equality of all men and natural right to liberty.
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After six weeks of debate in National Convention with the Girondins wanting clemency for the king, French government finally sent its former king to the guillotine