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1543
Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres
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1543
Vesalius publishes On the Structure of the Human Body
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Galileo writes The Sidereal Messenger
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Kepler completes Brahe’s Rudolphine Tables
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Galileo tried for heresy
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Boyle discovered Boyle’s Law
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Newton publishes Principia
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Voltaire publishes Two Treaties of Government
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Pierre Bayle publishes Historical and Critical Dictionary
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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz publishes Theodicy
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Rococo Period
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Maria Theresa takes throne in Austria
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Frederick II takes the throne in Prussia
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War of Austrian Succession
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Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of Laws
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Diderot and Rond d’Alembert create Encyclopedia
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Rousseau publishes The Social Contract
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Catherine the Great takes the throne in Russia
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Pugachev’s Rebellion
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Adam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations
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Kant publishes What is Enlightenment?
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Pale of Settlement