-
England and Civil War
-
Pascaline
Blaise Pascal invented the world's first computing machine that would lead to our modern calculator. -
Period: to
The Enlightenment
-
Louis XIV and the Palace of Versailles
The reign of Louis XIV began in 1643 -
Pendulum Clock
Charles Huygens invented the first Crown-Wheel Escapement. -
Edmund Halley's Chart of Stars
Edmund Halley is credited to predicting the first comet that would be recorded. He also created the first chart of stars in the Southern Hemisphere. -
Louis XIV
"One King, One Law, One Faith" -
Issac Newton and Principia Mathematica
Universal Laws of Gravity -
John Locke's literary contributions
Two Treatise of Governement and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding were published during 1689 and 1690. "The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” -
Thomas Savery's Steam Engine
Savery's invented the first steam enginge that became the prototype for other inventors. -
Bartholomew Cristofri's Piano
-
Rococo Art
Rococo Art was an artform that illustrated the aristocratic daily living of that time. -
Daniel Fahrenheit's Thermometer
First person to use the discovery of materials to measure temperatures. -
Handel's Water Music
George Handel and his contributions to the world of music. -
Johnathan Swift's "Modern Proposal"
"Modest Proposal" and Saitire. -
David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature
"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous." -
Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great, 1740-1786, and Prussia. -
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Scientist, and philosopher -
Denis Dierdot's Encloypedie
Dierdot quoted in Encloypedie that this was an attempt to "to change the way people think." -
Jean Jacques Rousseau
"To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties - of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence” -
Seven Years War
War and conflict that stretched over England and reached North America. -
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great, Prussian Queen. -
Voltaire
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do" -
Beccaria Crimes and Punishments
-
Declaration of Independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." influenced greatly by John Locke -
Watt's Steam Engine
-
Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
Smith coined the phrase the "invisable hand" and became the godfather of our economic belief system. -
Immanuel Kant
Introduced the human mind as an originator of experience rather than just a passive recipient of perception. -
Mozart
-
French Revolution begins
-
Louis XVI beheaded
The French Monarch is beheaded and France continues to fight for independence from traditional absolute monarchy rule. -
Thomas Paine's Age of Reason
"The individual's duty is to do what he wants to do, to think whatever he likes, to be accountable to no one but himself, to challenge every idea and every person."
