Age of Enlightment timeline | Timetoast Timelines

Period: Feb 19, 1473 to May 24, 1543

Nicolaus Copernicus
Period: Feb 15, 1564 to Jan 8, 1642

Galileo Galilei
Period: Dec 27, 1571 to Nov 15, 1630

Johannes Kepler
Period: Apr 1, 1578 to Jun 3, 1657

William Harvey
Period: Apr 5, 1588 to Dec 4, 1679

Thomas Hobbes
Period: Apr 25, 1599 to Sep 3, 1658

Oliver Cromwell
Period: Nov 19, 1600 to Jan 30, 1649

Charles I
Period: May 29, 1630 to Feb 6, 1685

Charles II
Period: Sep 5, 1638 to Sep 1, 1715

Louis XIV
Period: Jan 4, 1643 to Mar 31, 1727

Isaac Newton
Period: Jun 9, 1672 to Feb 8, 1725

Peter the Great
Period: Jan 18, 1689 to Feb 10, 1755

Montesquieu
Period: Feb 14, 1689 to Sep 14, 1689

William and Mary
Dec 16, 1689

English Bill of Rights
Period: Nov 21, 1694 to May 30, 1778

Voltaire
Period: Jun 28, 1712 to Jul 2, 1778

Jean-Jacques Rosseau
Period: May 6, 1758 to Jul 28, 1794

Maximillien Robespierre
Period: Sep 14, 1765 to Sep 14, 1783

American Revolution
Jul 4, 1776

Declaration of Independence
Jun 21, 1788

US Constitution
Jul 14, 1789

Bastille Prison is attacked
Period: Sep 14, 1789 to Sep 14, 1794

French Revolution
Sep 5, 1793

Reign of Terror
Sep 14, 1795

Joseph-Ignace Guilitin proposed the use of the guillotine