(World History 2) 3 By Lance Rock 168 BCE ptolemy supported the geocentric theory 168 BCE ptolemy supported the geocentric theory 140 BCE Aristotle explained the geocentric theory 1534 Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the Heliocentric theory 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory 1543 andreas vesalius published On the fabric of the human body 1590 zacharias janssen invented the microscope 1600 The Baroque Period Began in art, music and architecture 1602 Galileo developed the law of the pendulum 1609 johannes kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion 1616 William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body 1620 Francis Bacon published Novum Discourse which encouraged the experimental method 1633 Galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting Copernicus's theory 1637 Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set fourth his reasoning. 1643 Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer 1651 Thomas Hobbes Published Leviathan Social Contract 1662 Robert Boyle created Boyle's law 1668 antonie van leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time Jul 5, 1687 Issac Newton published his law of gravity 1690 John Locke Explained his theory of Natural rights 1694 Mary Astell Wrote A serious Proposal to the Ladies 1714 gabriel fahrenheit make the first thermometer to use mercury in glass 1738 Emilie du Chatalet translated Newton's Work from latin to french 1740 The enlightened despot Fredrick II began his rule of prussia Mar 13, 1741 The enlightened despot Joseph II began his rule of Austria 1742 anders celsius create a scale for the mercury thermometer 1747 francois marie arouet changed his name to voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedom 1748 Montesquieu Published On the Spirit of Laws 1750 Marie Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau Wrote The Social Contract 1763 The enlightened despot Catherine the great began her rule of Russia 1764 Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishment 1772 Denis Diderot published the first Volume of the Encyclopedia 1774 Joseph priestly discovered oxygen 1775 The Classical period Began in art, music and architecture 1776 Thomas Jefferson Wrote the declaration of independence 1778 Antoine Lavoisier Discovered and named gas oxygen Sep 17, 1787 The U.S enacted the Constitution Dec 15, 1791 The U.S congress added the Bill of Rights 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A vindication of the rights of women May 14, 1796 edward jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
