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Sep 18, 1543
heliocentric theory (1543)
the heliocentric theory placed the sun as the center of the universe. -
Hobbes publishes leviathan
Hobbes lived in fear of his government -
newton publishes treatise on law of gravity
Newton's law of gravitation states that every point mass in the universe attracts every other point mass with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses -
social contract is published
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is the book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society -
american colonies declare independence
On this day in 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of a new United States of America from Great Britain -
Start of the french revovlution
French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals, particularly the concepts of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights. -
Storming bastile
The Bastille was originally a fortress built in the 1370s – during the Hundred Years’ War – to protect eastern Paris. A huge, bloodthirsty mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. -
Mary wollstonecraft publishes a vindication of the rights of women
Wollstonecraft preached that intellect will always govern and sought “to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases, susceptibility of heart, delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonimous with epithets of weakness.” -
King Louis XVI Executed
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in paris -
Napoleon Crown himself as emporer
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head.
