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Period: 1543 to
scientific revolution
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Galileo Galilei supports the heliocentric theory
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Period: to
English Civil War
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Hobbes's Leviathan is published
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Period: to
Glorious Revolution
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Locke's two treatises on government is published
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Period: to
Age of Enlightenment
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Diderot publishes first volumes of encyclopedia
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Period: to
Louis XVl's reign
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Period: to
American Revolution
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
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National Assembly is formed in France
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Tennis Court Oath
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Declaration of rights of man
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Period: to
Legislative Assembly is formed in France
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Bill of Rights signed
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Wollstonecraft's a vindication of the rights of women is published
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Execution of Louis XVl
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Period: to
Reign of Terror
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Execution of Marie Antoinette
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Napoleon's coup