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Jan 3, 1543
Copernicus publishs heliocentric theory
Copernicus became interested in astronomy and published an early description of his "heliocentric" model of the solar system in Commentariolus (1512). -
Hobbes publishes Leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples of social contract theory. -
Newton publishes treatise on law of gravity
A scientist that found out that Gravity holds everyone on Earth -
The social Contract is published
The stated aim of the Social Contract is to determine whether there can be a legitimate political authority. -
American Colonist Declare Independence
In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, an influential political pamphlet that convincingly argued for American independence and sold more than 500,000 copies in just a few months. -
Start of French Revolution
On July 14 the mob stormed the Bastille to obtain arms. -
Storming of the Bastile
The medieval fortress and prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Right of Women
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great feminist treatise. -
KIng Louis XVI is executed
It was a major event of the French Revolution. After events on the 10 August 1792, which saw the fall of the monarchy after the attack on the Tuileries -
Napoleon crowns himself as emperor
has been said to mark the instantiation of modern empire, representing a transparently masterminded piece of modern propaganda.
