WHII.6 Age of Reason By thompsonmb Feb 19, 1473 Birth of Nicolaus Copernicus May 24, 1543 Death of Nicolaus Copernicus Feb 15, 1564 Birth of Galileo Galilei Dec 27, 1571 Birth of Johannes Kepler Apr 1, 1578 Birth of William Harvey Apr 5, 1588 Birth of Thomas Hobbes Apr 26, 1599 Birth of Oliver Cromwell Nov 19, 1600 Birth of Charles I May 29, 1630 Birth of Charles II Nov 15, 1630 Death of Johannes Kepler Aug 29, 1632 Birth of John Locke Sep 5, 1638 Birth of Louis XIV Jan 8, 1642 Death of Galileo Galilei Jan 4, 1643 Birth of Isaac Newton Jan 30, 1649 Death of Charles I Jun 3, 1657 Death of William Harvey Sep 3, 1658 Death of Oliver Cromwell Jun 9, 1672 Birth of Peter the Great Dec 4, 1679 Death of Thomas Hobbes Feb 6, 1685 Death of Charles II Jan 1, 1689 English Bill of Rights is passed Jan 18, 1689 Birth of Montequieu Period: Apr 11, 1689 to Mar 8, 1702 William and Mary's Reign Will Nov 21, 1694 Birth of Voltaire Oct 28, 1704 Death of John Locke Jun 28, 1712 Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Sep 1, 1715 Death of Louis XIV Feb 8, 1725 Death of Peter the Great Mar 31, 1727 Death of Isaac Newton Feb 10, 1755 Death of Montesquieu May 6, 1758 Birth of Maximillien Robespierre Period: Apr 19, 1775 to Sep 3, 1783 American Revolution Jul 4, 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence May 30, 1778 Death of Voltaire Jul 2, 1778 Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Dec 31, 1799 French Revolution Jul 14, 1789 Batille Prison is attacked Oct 10, 1789 Joseph-Ignace Guillotine proposed the use of the guillotine May 29, 1790 U.S. Constitution is ratified Rhode Island is the last and final state to ratify the Constitution Period: Sep 5, 1793 to Jul 28, 1794 Reign of Terror Jul 28, 1794 Death of Maximillien Robespierre
