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Period: May 7, 1550 to
Timeline
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May 7, 1581
Galileo discovered the Law of the pendulum
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Galileo ovserves heavens through a telescope
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Galileo published stary messenger
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William Harvey describes heart function
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Galileo faces inquistion for support of Copernicus's theory
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Torricelli invents Barometer
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Newton publishes treatise on law of gravity
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John Locke defines natural rights
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Fahrenheit invents mercury thermometer
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Voltaire flees Paris
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Montesquieu describes seperation of power
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Catherine the Great rules Russia
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Catherine formed a commission to review Russia's Law
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Rousseau inspired many leaders who overthrew the monarch of the French Revolution
