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1862 BCE
Diderot and d'Alenmbert started publishing the Ecyclopedia
The Encyclopédie is most famous for representing the thought of the Enlightenment. According to Denis Diderot in the article "Encyclopédie", the Encyclopédie's aim was "to change the way people think" and for people (bourgeoisie) to be able to inform themselves and to know things.[3] He and the other contributors advocated for the secularization of learning away from the Jesuits. -
1610 BCE
Galileo proves the Earth orbits the Sun
It was Galileo's observations of Venus that proved the theory. Using his telescope, Galileo found that Venus went through phases, just like our Moon. -
Louis XIV of Grance died
Louis XIV, nicknamed the Great or the Sun King, was king of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign, 72 years and 110 days, is the longest in history. -
30 Years War
The Thirty Years War began as a religious war, fought between Roman Catholics and Protestants in Germany. -
Treaty of Utrecht
The Treaty of Utrecht, also known as the Peace of Utrecht or the Treaties of Utrecht and Rastatt, is a series of multilateral treaties signed by the belligerent countries in the War of the Spanish Succession between the years 1712 and 1714 in those cities of the Netherlands and Germany. , respectively. -
Spanish War of Sucession
The War of Spanish Succession5 was an international war that lasted from 1701 until the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Its fundamental cause was the death without issue of Charles II of Spain, the last representative of the House of Habsburg, and left as its main consequently the establishment of the House of Bourbon on the throne of Spain. -
7 years War
The Seven Years' War was a series of international conflicts that occurred between early 1756 and late 1763 to establish control over Silesia and for colonial supremacy in North America and India. -
First Industrial Revolution
The First Industrial Revolution began in England in about 1750–1760 that lasted to sometime between 1820 and 1840. It is one of the most distinguished turning points in human history. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution based on the principles of the American Enlightenment that generally occurred in British America between 1765 and 1789. It created the environment for the American Revolutionary War, which lasted from 1775 to 1783, whereby the Thirteen Colonies secured their independence from the British Crown and consequently established the United States. -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France and, by extension of its implications, other nations in Europe that faced supporters and opponents of the system known as the Ancien Regime.