sania time line By sydnorsa 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus developed heliocentric theory 1605 Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote 1617 William Harvey discovered circulation of the blood 1618 Johannes Kepler discovered planetary motion 1628 Galileo Galilei used telescope to support heliocentric theory 1638 Reign of Louis XIV of France 1668 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan 1687 Isaac Newton formulated law of gravity 1689 Glorious Revolution (William and Mary) 1689 English Bill of Rights of 1689 1690 John Locke’s Two Treatises on Government 1721 Reign of Peter the Great of Russia 1748 Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach 1754 Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract 1775 American Revolution 1776 Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence 1778 Voltaire 1789 Storming of the Bastille 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1793 Reign of Terror 1814 Congress of Vienna 1815 Battle of Waterloo: End of Napoleon’s Rule 1830 Eugène Delacroix: Painted Liberty leading the people 1848 Unsuccessful revolutions of 1848 1851 Napoleon becomes Emperor 1973 Execution of Louis XVI