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Enlightenment
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Deism
First time the term Deism is used -
Francis Bacon dies
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Gailleo Dies
Enlightenment Scientist who changed the way people think -
Rene Descartes Dies
Rene Descartes, one of the most influencial Enlightenment thinkers, dies. -
Letters Concerning Toleration
Written by John Locke -
Enlightenment
the enlightenment started and people began to turn to science and away from God. -
Pope Clement XII
condemned freemasonry which was a secret society in England that had attacked Christianity. -
Jean Jaques Rousseau writes article on political economy
put in Diderot's Encyclopédie -
Encyclopedia
edited by denis diderot. it praised protestant thinkers and attacked Catholic teachings. -
Immanuel Kant
Immanuel Kant coins the phrase Enlightenment