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Chapter 22

By Kingvic
  • 17

    The Baroque Period began in art, music, and architecture

    The Baroque Period began in art, music, and architecture
  • 168

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
  • 1473

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
  • 1473

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory

    Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric 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

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

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

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

    Rene Descartes published Discourse on Method which set forth his reasoning

  • Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

    Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer

  • 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 experimental method

    Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method

  • John Locke explained his theory of “natural rights”

    John Locke explained his theory of “natural rights”

  • 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

  • Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

    Galileo developed the law of the pendulum

  • Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan

    Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan

  • Robert Boyle created Boyle’s Law

    Robert Boyle created Boyle’s Law

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

    Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass

  • Isaac Newton published his law of gravity

    Isaac Newton published his law of gravity

  • 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

  • Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

    Mary Astell wrote A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

  • Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes

    Marie-Thérèse Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes

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

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

  • Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer

    Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer

  • The Classical Period began in art, music, and architecture

    The Classical Period began in art, music, and architecture

  • Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen

    Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen

  • 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 of the Encyclopedia

    Denis Diderot published the first volume of the Encyclopedia

  • Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

    Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

  • Emilie du Châtalet translated Newton’s work from Latin into French

    Emilie du Châtalet translated Newton’s work from Latin into French

  • 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

  • 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 to the Constitution

    The U.S. Congress added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution

  • 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

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

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

  • 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