Chapter 22

By James LaMack
  • 350 BCE

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
  • 1500

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
  • 1543

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
  • 1543

    galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting copernicus's theory

    galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting copernicus's theory
  • 1543

    Andreas Vesalius published On the Fabric of the human body

    Andreas Vesalius published On the Fabric of the human body

  • Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

    Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

  • Rene Descartes published Discourse on method which set forth his reasoning

    Rene Descartes published Discourse on method which set forth his reasoning

  • The baroque period began in art, music, and architecture

    The baroque period began in art, music, and architecture

  • William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

    William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body

  • Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

    Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

  • Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion

    Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion

  • Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the expiremental method

    Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the expiremental method

  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

  • Evangelista torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

    Evangelista torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

  • Thomas Hobbes Published leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes Published leviathan

  • Robert Boyle created Boyle's Law

    Robert Boyle created Boyle's Law

  • Issac Newton published his law of gravity

    Issac Newton published his law of gravity

  • John Locke explained his theory of Natural Rights

    John Locke explained his theory of Natural Rights

  • Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes

    Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes

  • Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass

    Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass

  • Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer

    Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer

  • Emilie du Chatalet translated newton's work from latin into french

    Emilie du Chatalet translated newton's work from latin into french

  • The classical period began in art, music, and architecture

    The classical period began in art, music, and architecture

  • The enlightened despot, Frederick II, began his rule of prussia

    The enlightened despot, Frederick II, began his rule of prussia

  • Montesquieu published on the spirit of laws

    Montesquieu published on the spirit of laws

  • Francois-Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms

    Francois-Marie Arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedoms

  • Denis Diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia

    Denis Diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia

  • The enlightened despot, Catherine the great, began her rule of Russia

    The enlightened despot, Catherine the great, began her rule of Russia

  • Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract

    Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract

  • Cesare Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishments

    Cesare Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishments

  • The enlightened despot, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria

    The enlightened despot, Joseph II, began his rule of Austria

  • Joseph Priestly Discovered oxygen

    Joseph Priestly Discovered oxygen

  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence

    Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence

  • Antoine Lavoisier Discovered and named gas oxygen

    Antoine Lavoisier Discovered and named gas oxygen

  • The US enacted the constitution

    The US enacted the constitution

  • The US congress added the bill of rights

    The US congress added the bill of rights

  • Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies

    Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies

  • Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a vindication of the rights of the woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a vindication of the rights of the woman

  • Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox

    Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox