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Enligthenment Start
Galileo's Sidereal Messenger is published -
Principia Mathematica
Isaac Newton publishes one of his most recognized books: Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica -
Christianity Not Mysterious
John Toland's publication that tries to explain that "there is nothing in the Gospels contrary to reason, nor above it" -
Enlightened despotism
Form of government that absolutist governors adopted by fusionating their absolute power with enlightenment ideas. -
Encyclopédie
Diedrot with Jean Le Rond d’Alembert as coeditor start publishing a traduction of Ephraim Chambers’ Cyclopaedia. Their publication rapidly becomes one of the most important books for rational and revolutionary thoughts. -
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes the book Du Contrat Social -
Declaration of Independence of the USA
Delegates sent by twelve of the thirteen colonies approve the separation of Great Britain from the thirteen colonies to became an independent country. -
Treaty of Paris
Americans won allies with France, Spain and Holland. Because of that, Great Britain signed the Treaty of Paris in which declares The United States of America an independent nation. -
Attact to Le Bastille
A group of workers attacked "Le Bastille", a prison in Paris. This event lead to the start of the French Revolution. -
The First French Republic
After concluding the French Revolution and eliminating the absolutist government from it, France establishes its First Republic.