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4 BCE
Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
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1473
nicholas copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
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1543
ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
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1543
andreas vesalius published on the fabric of the human body
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1580
Zacharias janssen invented in the microscope
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The Baroque period began in art,music,and architecture
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galileo developed the law of the pendulum in what year
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johannes kepler published the first two laws of planetary motion
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william harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
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Francis bacon published Novum organum which encouraged the experimental method
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John Locke explained his theory of "natural rights"
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galileo was put under house arrest by an inquisition for supporting copernicus's theory
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Rene Descartes published discourse on method which set forth his reasoning
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Evangelist Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer
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Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan
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Robert boyle created the boyle's law
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Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time
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isaac newton published his law of gravity
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Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies
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francois-marie arouet changed his name to Voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedom
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The enlightened despot,Frederick II, began his rule of Prussia
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Gabriel Fahrenheit make the first thermometer to use mercury in glass
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Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer
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Montesquieu published on the spirit of laws
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Emilie du Chatalet translated newtons work from latin into french
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marie-thérèse geoffrin held her first salon of philosophies
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The enlightened despot,catherine the great, began her rule of russia
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Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract
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cesare beccaria published on crimes and punishments
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The enlightened despot,Joseph II, began his rule of Austria
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Denis diderot published the first volume of the encyclopedia
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Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen
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The Classical period began in art,music,and architecture
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration of independence
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antoine lavoiser discovered and named gas oxygen
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The U.S enacted the constitution
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the us congress added the bill of rights to the constitution
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Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a vindication of the rights of woman
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Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox