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Start of the Enlightenment (Late 17th Century)
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"Principia Mathematica" is published by Isaac Newton
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The Glorious Revolution
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Publication of John Locke's "Two Treatises of Government"
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The Founding of St. Petersburg by Peter the Great
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The Seven Years' War
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The American Revolution
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The French Revolution Begins
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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The Storming of the Bastille
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The Reign of Terror
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The Rise of Napoleon
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The Holy Roman Empire Dissolves
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The Continental System
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The Peninsular War
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The Russian Campaign
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The Congress of Vienna
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