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Aug 17, 1543
Copernicus publishes heliocentric theory.
Copernicus went against the catholic church and believed that the planets and earth rotate around the sun. -
hobbes publishe leviathan
The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of the earliest and most influential examples -
Newton publishes tretise on law of of gravity.
Issac Newton went against the catholic church and made the law that gravity keeps the earth and people up. -
The social contract is published
is the book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community. -
American colonies declare independence.
American colonies declared independence because John Locke went against the catholic church and wrote political writings saying they need independence and he fought for rights. -
Storming of the bastille.
A huge, bloodthirsty mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. -
Start of french revolution.
King lous xvi needed money so he raised the prices of land tax. so the french thought it wasnt fare that the king was taking money so they rebeled against the king and started war. -
Mary wollstonecraft publishes a vidication for rights of women.
Published in 1792, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was the first great feminist treatise. -
King louis xvi is executed; the reign of terry begins.
the king was executed because he kept spending the money of the people and they rebelled. -
Napoleon crowns hiself as emperor.
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years.
