Timeline Project By mgcrutch Feb 19, 1493 Nicolaus Copernicus is born May 24, 1543 Nicolaus Copernicus Dies Feb 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei is born Dec 27, 1571 Johannes Kepler is born Apr 1, 1578 William Harvey is born Apr 5, 1588 Thomas Hobbes is born Apr 25, 1599 Oliver Cromwell is born Nov 19, 1600 Charles I is born May 29, 1630 Charles II is born Nov 15, 1630 Johannes Kepler dies Aug 29, 1632 John Locke is born Sep 5, 1638 Louis XIV is born Jan 8, 1642 Galileo Galilei dies Jan 4, 1643 Isaac Newton is born Jan 30, 1649 Charles I dies Nov 4, 1650 William and Mary's reign begins Jun 3, 1657 William Harvey dies Sep 3, 1658 Oliver Cromwell dies Jun 9, 1672 Peter the Great is born Dec 4, 1679 Thomas Hobbes dies Feb 6, 1685 Charles II dies Jan 18, 1689 Montesquieu is born Dec 16, 1689 English Bill of Rights ratified Nov 26, 1694 Voltaire is born Mar 8, 1702 William and Mary's reign ends (William dies) Oct 28, 1704 John Locke dies Jun 28, 1712 Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born Sep 1, 1715 Louis XIV dies Feb 8, 1725 Peter the Great dies Mar 31, 1727 Isaac Newton dies Feb 10, 1755 Montesquieu dies May 26, 1758 Maximillien Robespierre is born Apr 5, 1775 American Revolution begins Jul 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence is Ratified May 30, 1778 Voltaire dies Jul 2, 1778 Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies Sep 3, 1783 American Revolution ends Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 1799 French Revolution (No exact date) Mar 4, 1789 US Constitution is ratified Jul 14, 1789 Bastille Prison is attacked Oct 10, 1789 Joseph-Ignace Guilltin proposed Guillotine Sep 5, 1793 Reign of Terror begins Jul 27, 1794 Reign of Terror ends Jul 28, 1794 Maximillien Robespierre dies