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Feb 21, 1512
Nicolaus Copernicus
Mathemetician and astronomer who put the sun in the middle of the solar system -
Period: Feb 21, 1512 to
Enlightment to Congress of Vienna
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Francis Bacon
Father of Empericism -
Isaac Newton
Discovered gravity -
Cesare Beccaria
Crimes should fit the punishment, against torutre -
Thomas Paine
Author of "Common Sense" -
Frederick II
Fan of Voltaire, argued for religious toleration, government projects and public education -
Estates General
Three Estates met to discuss and vote on the problems in the empire -
Tennis Court Oath
Meeting of the third estate after being locked out from the Esates General -
Fall of Bastille
Members of the third estate storm the bastille freeing prisoners and raiding the armoury -
Joseph II
Made German the official language, religious toleration, freed the serfs, practiced conscription -
King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
King and Queen of France at the beginning of the French Revolution -
Maximilien Robespierre
Ruthless leader of the Committe of Public Safety -
Catherine the Great
Expanded trade and the empire, outlawed torture -
Battle of the Pyramids
French beat the Turks in control of Egypt -
Aboukir
British beat the French in battle -
Napoleon Banparte
Leader of France -
Napoleon's Russian Campaign
Russian forces defeat the French Army -
Napoleonic Wars
Series of battle fought by the French army led by Napoleon -
Battle of Waterloo
Prussian victory over the French army -
Congress of Vienna
Meeting held to restore peace after war
