Chapter 22

By jenn_gomez
  • 140 BCE

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
  • 140 BCE

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
  • 1475

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
  • 1543

    Andreas Vesallius published on the fabric of the human body

    Andreas Vesallius published on the fabric of the human body

  • Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

    Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope

  • 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

    Francis Bacon published Novum Organum

  • 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

  • John Locke explained this theory of "natural lights"

    John Locke explained this theory of "natural lights"

  • 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

  • Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method

    Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method

  • Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

    Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

  • Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

    Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

  • Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan - social contract

    Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan - social contract

  • 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

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

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

  • Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

    Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

  • Anders Celsuis created a scale for mercury thermometer

    Anders Celsuis created a scale for mercury thermometer

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

    Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass

  • Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of Philosophes

    Marie-Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of Philosophes

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

    The enlightened despot, Frederick II, began his rule prussia

  • Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

    Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

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

    The Baroque period began in art, music, and architecture

  • The Classical period began in art, music and architecture

    The Classical period began in art, music and architecture

  • Emilie du Chatalet translated Newton's work from Latin into French

    Emilie du Chatalet translated Newton's work from Latin into French

  • Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the Social Contract

    Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the Social Contract

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

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

  • Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishmebts

    Beccaria published on Crimes and Punishmebts

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

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

  • Denis Diderot published the first volume if the Encuclopedia

    Denis Diderot published the first volume if the Encuclopedia

  • 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 U.S enacted the Constitution

    The U.S enacted the Constitution

  • The U.S Congress added the Bill of Rights

    The U.S Congress added the Bill of Rights

  • Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

    Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

  • Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox

    Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox