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Dec 24, 1440
Printing press invention
This event was prior to the Scientific Revolution, but it's important because it was the beginning of the spread of knowledge because of the normalization of books -
May 24, 1543
Copernicus' heliocentric theory and death
The publication of Copernicus' De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium is considered the start of the scientific revolution -
Galileo begins to demonstrate gravity's properties
His work contradicts the Aristotelian system which alerts the church. -
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Result from the scientific revolution: Deism
The rational and the religious are combined in the belief that God made the world and left it run by its own natural rule thereafter. -
Descarte's Discourse on the Method
He states everybody should have an opinion of their own by reasoning, not necessarily by experimenting, and not be influenced by others'. -
Beginning of the enlightenment
This era is often believed to have started after and because of the bloody thirty years war, making it difficult to distinguish the scientific revolution from the enlightenment period, one could say the first caused the second. Science was being questioned, now politics' effectiveness was in that same position. -
Newton's Principia Mathematica
He combined Galileo's idea of experimenting and Descartes idea of logic. He concludes the scientific revolution by creating the theory of gravity, proving Kepler's planetary motion Idea and Galileo's heliocentric model. -
Jean Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract
His work sought a more egalitarian society which highly inspired the French Revolution. -
Voltaire's Candide
Through this book he uses satire to criticize the French monarchy and inspire a revolution. -
Benjamin Franklyn
Known as the first American, Benjamin Franklyn brought the enlightenment to America as an author and newspaper editor ,besides he invented electricity and bifocals -
The American Revolution
The Independence Day, outcome of the enlightenment, is considered to be the day that the Declaration of Independece which was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson was adopted as the principles that ruled the USA. -
Louis XVl reign
He was the king of France, and he didn't respond to the French people's petitions. -
The French Revolution begins
An outcome of the enlightenment and also partly from the inspiration the American Revolution gave. This revolution had as an outcome the creation of the French Republic. -
George Washington
First president of the United States and general during the Revolution. -
The Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen
This Declaration was written by Montesquieu and was used during the French Revolution and was an outcome of the Enlightenment in general -
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The Reign of Terror and Robespierre
He was an important influence for the creation of a French Republic. He became a member of the committee of public safety and sent around 40,000 people who disagreed with him to the guillotine -
The death of the Royalty
King Louis XVl and Marie Antoniette were executed. -
The French Empire
After Robespierre, Napoleon rose to power, and eventually named himself emperor -
The Embargo Act
Britain was forcing America to help them in the Napoleonic Wars when it wanted to remain neutral. To make them stop Thomas Jefferson declared no trade was to be had with Britain or France, hoping this might affect them. Instead, it affected the US. This forced them to manufacture everything themselves, having as an outcome the Industrial Revolution. -
The Independence of Mexico
This event was influenced by the Enlightenment and the inspiration of both the American and French Revolution -
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The Congress of Vienna
This was an outcome of the Napoleonic Wars. All Europe important figures had to get together to redefine boundaries and make alliances. This alliances later on had an effect during the First World War because it forced more countries than necessary to enter the war. -
The Waterloo Battle
This was the defeat of The French Empire. It happened in Russia under Czar Alexander l reign who had made alliance with Napoleon, but betrayed him. -
Napoleon's death
As an outcome of the Napoleonic wars, Napoleon was finally exiled to Saint Helena, Africa and died six years later
