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Feb 24, 1543
Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
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The first daily newspaper printed in London
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Galileo Galilei publishes Starry Messenger
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Rene Descartes writes Discourse on Method
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John Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding
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Isaac Newton publishes Principia
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Reign of Frederick William I
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Hanovers take British crown
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
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Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne
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Reign of Frederick II
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War of Austrian Succession
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Montesque writes The Spirit of the Laws
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The years in which Diderot published the Encyclopedia
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Rousseau writes Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind
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Beginning and end of the Seven Years’ War
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Rousseau writes The Social Contract
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Voltaire writes Treatise on Toleration
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On Crimes and Punishments written by Cesare Beccaria
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Stamp Act imposed on colonie
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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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Mary Wollstonecraft writes A Vindication of the rights of Woman