Chapter 22 William Jessie

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  • 1543

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theroy

    Aristotle explained the geocentric theroy
  • 1543

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory

    Ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
  • 1543

    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

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

    The Baroque Period began in art, music, and architecture

  • 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 experimental method

    Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method

  • 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 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 which set forth his reasoning

  • 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

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

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time

  • Isaac Newton published his law of gravity

    Isaac Newton published his law of gravity

  • 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

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

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

  • The enlightened despot, Fredric ii, began his rule of Prussia

  • Anders Celsius create a scale for the mercury thermometer

    Anders Celsius create a scale for the mercury thermometer

  • Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen

    Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen

  • Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

    Montesquieu published On the Spirit of Laws

  • Denis Diderot published the first volume of the Encyclopedia

  • 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

  • Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and punishments

    Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and punishments

  • Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen

  • Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence

    Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence

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

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

  • 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 Vondication of the Rights of Woman

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

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

  • Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox