Unit III: AP European By tmgarrison May 9, 1540 Scientific Revolution begins May 9, 1543 Copernicus, On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies; Vesalius, On the Fabric of the Human Body May 9, 1610 Galileo, The Starry Messenger May 9, 1620 Bacon develops inductive reasoning May 9, 1628 Harvey, On the Motion of the Heart and Blood May 9, 1637 Descartes develops deductive reasoning May 9, 1687 Newton, Principia May 9, 1740 Enlightenment begins May 9, 1749 Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws Period: May 9, 1754 to May 9, 1763 Diderot and Encyclopedia May 9, 1759 Voltaire’s Candide May 9, 1761 Rousseau’s The Social Contract and Emile May 9, 1779 Smith’s The Wealth of Nations