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Gailileo publishes his manhy findings
In 1610, Galileo published his Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger), describing the surprising observations that he had made with the new telescope, namely the phases of Venus and the Galilean moons of Jupiter -
Thomas Hobbes outlines the social contract in Leciathan
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Issac Newton publised his laws of gravity
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John Locke justifies rebellion in Twho Treatises on Government
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Gabriel Fahrenheit makes the first mercury-in-glass thermomether
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Joseph Priestley separates oxygen from the air
Joseph Priestley was one of those tinkerers that happened to stumble across some of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. That's a picture of him below. -
Frederick the Great begins his reign in Prussia
Frederick II ruled Prussia from 1740 until his death, leading his nation through multiple wars with Austria and its allies. His daring military tactics expanded and consolidated Prussian lands, while his domestic policies transformed his kingdom into a modern state and formidable European power. -
Andres Celsius creates his scale for measuring temperature
is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale. The degree Celsius can refer to a specific temperature on the Celsius scale as well as a unit to indicate a temperature interval -
Denis Diderot publishes the first volumes of his Encyclopedia
He gathered around him a team of dedicated litterateurs, scientists, and even priests, many of whom, as yet unknown, were to make their mark in later life -
Baron von Montesquiey purposed seperation of power in On the Spirit of Laws
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Mary Wollstonecraft was born
Wollstonecraft is best known for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman , in which she argues that women are not naturally inferior to men, but appear to be only because they lack education. -
George III becomes the King of Great Britan
During his 59-year reign, he pushed through a British victory in the Seven Years’ War, led England’s successful resistance to Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and presided over the loss of the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war -
Declaration of Independence is signed
The Declaration became official when Congress voted for it on July 4; signatures of the delegates were not needed to make it official. The handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence that was signed by Congress is dated July 4, 1776. -
Lord Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown
On this day in 1781, British General Charles Cornwallis formally surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown, Virginia, bringing the American Revolution to a close -
Joseph II abolishes serfdom in austria
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Beethoven Dies
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers
