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Feb 19, 1473
Scientific Revolution
Nicolas Copernicus born -
Dec 24, 1554
Scientific Revolution
Long considered a major precursor to Galileo Galilei, the Italian Giovanni Battista Benedetti (1530 - 1590) opposed the work of Aristotle arguing that freely falling bodies move with speeds proportional to weight. -
Enlightenment
Hobbes publishes Leviathan -
Scientific Revolution
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz organizes and establishes the Berlin Academy of Science -
Enlightenment
Montesquieu published The Spirit of the Laws. The condition of the country determine the political and social structure -
Enlightenment
Voltaire published Treaties on Toleration -
US Revolution
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are tired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. -
US Revolution
The declaration of Independence is adopted by the second Continental Congress -
US Revolutionn
The US and France sign the French Alliance -
US Revolution
US Constitution sign -
French Revolution
Insurrection at Grenoble -
French Revolution
Lafayette appointed comander of National Guard. -
French Revolution
France declares war on Austria, but French army flees at sight of the enemy