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WHII.6 Age of Reason

  • 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

  • Birth of Thomas Hobbes

  • Birth of Oliver Cromwell

  • Birth of Charles I

  • Birth of Charles II

  • Death of Johannes Kepler

  • Birth of John Locke

  • Birth of Louis XIV

  • Death of Galileo Galilei

  • Birth of Isaac Newton

  • Death of Charles I

  • Death of William Harvey

  • Death of Oliver Cromwell

  • Birth of Peter the Great

  • Death of Thomas Hobbes

  • Death of Charles II

  • English Bill of Rights is passed

    English Bill of Rights is passed
  • Birth of Montequieu

  • Period: to

    William and Mary's Reign

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  • Birth of Voltaire

  • Death of John Locke

  • Birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • Death of Louis XIV

  • Death of Peter the Great

  • Death of Isaac Newton

  • Death of Montesquieu

  • Birth of Maximillien Robespierre

  • Period: to

    American Revolution

  • U.S. Declaration of Independence

    U.S. Declaration of Independence
  • Death of Voltaire

  • Death of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • Period: to

    French Revolution

  • Batille Prison is attacked

    Batille Prison is attacked
  • Joseph-Ignace Guillotine proposed the use of the guillotine

    Joseph-Ignace Guillotine proposed the use of the guillotine
  • U.S. Constitution is ratified

    U.S. Constitution is ratified
    Rhode Island is the last and final state to ratify the Constitution
  • Period: to

    Reign of Terror

  • Death of Maximillien Robespierre