World History Chapter 22 by Chyna Parham By Chyna12 5 The classical period began in art, music, and architecture 150 Ptolemy supported the geocentric theroy 314 Aristotle explained the geocentric theory 1473 Nicolus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory 1543 Andreas Vesalius published on the fabric of human body 1555 William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body 1590 Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope 1600 The Baroque period began in art music, architecture 1602 Galileo developed the law of the pendulum 1609 Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of plantery motion 1609 Emillie du Chatalet Translated Newton work from latin in to french 1620 Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method 1632 John Locke explained his theroy of natural light 1637 Rene Descartes published Discourse on method which set forth his reasoning 1644 Anton van Leeuwenhoel saw red blood cells for the first time 1651 Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan social contract 1662 Robert Boyle created Boyle'slaw 1687 Issac Newton published his law of gravity 1694 Francois- Marie Arouet changed his name to voltaire and goes on to champion indiviual freedoms 1694 Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies addressing the lack of educational opportunities for women 1740 The enlightened despot fredrick ii began his rule of russia 1742 Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury thermometer 1742 Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer 1748 Montesquieu published On the Spirit of laws detaling separtion of powers in goverment 1762 Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract free individual create a society and govermnet 1762 The enlightened despot , Catherine the great began her rule of russia 1765 The enlightened despot joseph ii began his rule of austria 1772 Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen 1774 Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen 1776 Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox 1776 Thomas Jeffeson wrote delaration of independence 1787 The U.S. enacted the constution establishing a fedral system separation of power, checks and balances 1791 The U.S. Congress added the bill of right to the constution 1792 Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a Vindication of the right of women promoting women's education as virtuous 1866 Cesare Beccaria published on crimes and punishment railing against common abuses of justice
