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Galileo Galilei publishes Starry Messenger
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The first daily newspaper printed in London
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Rene Descartes writes Discourse on Method
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ohn Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Isaac Newton publishes Principia
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Reign of Frederick William I starts
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Reign of Frederick William I ends
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Reign of Frederick II starts
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War of Austrian Succession
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17. Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne
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The years in which Diderot published the Encyclopedia
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Montesque writes The Spirit of the Laws
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Rousseau writes Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind
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Beginning of the Seven Years’ War
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Rousseau writes The Social Contract
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Catherine the Great gets control of Russia
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Voltaire writes Treatise on Toleration
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end of the Seven Years’ War
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On Crimes and Punishments written by CesareBeccaria
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Stamp Act imposed on colonies
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first Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
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Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations
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Treaty of Paris signed
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Reign of Frederick II ends
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Mary Wollstonecraft writes A Vindication of the rights of Woman
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Catherine the Great loses control of Russia
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Montesque writes The Spirit of the Laws