Timeline of important events in the 16th-17th centuries

By Hugo Teixeira Sánchez

  • Montesquieu publishes "The Spirit of Laws"

    Montesquieu publishes "The Spirit of Laws"
    "The Spirit of Laws", is a treatise on political theory maked by the thinker Montesquieu. It´s considered a "masterpiece" and starts the European Age of Enlightenment.

  • The French and Indian War Starts

    The French and Indian War Starts
    The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France know as the "Seven Years War". The French and Indian War began the 28 of May of 1754 and ended with the " Treaty of Paris" in 1763.

  • The Declaration of Independence of the U.S. is aproved

    The Declaration of Independence of the U.S. is aproved
    The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States, was aproved by the Continental Congress on July 4 of 1776, and announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. This is an historic moment for humanity.

  • The Treaty of París ends the American Revolutionary War.

    The Treaty of París ends the American Revolutionary War.
    The Treaty of París was signed by U.S. and British representatives on September 3, 1783, ending the war of the American Revolution. Based on a 1782 preliminary treaty, the agreement recognised U.S. independence and granted the U.S. significant western territory.

  • The diputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly of France.

    The diputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly of France.
    On 17 June 1789, the members of the Third Estate declared themselves to be the National Assembly, since they represented at least 96% of the nation. This happened because they wanted the voting system to be fair and per head, and the congress prihibited.

  • Storming of the Bastille.

    Storming of the Bastille.
    This is an iconic conflict of the French Revolution. On July 4, 1789, fears that king Louis XVI was about to arrest France´s newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Persians to succesfully besiege the Bastille.

  • The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was aproved.

    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was aproved.
    Declaration of the Rights of Man of the Citizen is one of the basic characters of human liberties, containing the principles of the French Revolution. Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26 of 1789, by France´s National Assembly, served as a preamble to the Contstitution of 1791.

  • The Flight to Verennes

    The Flight to Verennes
    During the night of 20-21 June 1791 the King Louis XVI of France and the Queen Marie Antoinette, were captured in the attempted to escape from París to Montmédy. As a result of this their were executed.