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168 BCE
ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
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168 BCE
ptolemy supported the geocentric theory
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140 BCE
Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
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1534
Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the Heliocentric theory
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1543
Nicolaus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
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1543
andreas vesalius published On the fabric of the human body
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zacharias janssen invented 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
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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 Discourse which encouraged the experimental method
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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 fourth his reasoning.
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Evangelista Torricelli developed the first mercury barometer
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Thomas Hobbes Published Leviathan Social Contract
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Robert Boyle created Boyle's law
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antonie van leeuwenhoek saw red blood cells for the first time
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Issac Newton published his law of gravity
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John Locke Explained his theory of Natural rights
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Mary Astell Wrote A serious Proposal to the Ladies
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gabriel fahrenheit make the first thermometer to use mercury in glass
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Emilie du Chatalet translated Newton's Work from latin to french
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The enlightened despot Fredrick II began his rule of prussia
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The enlightened despot Joseph II began his rule of Austria
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anders celsius create a scale for the mercury thermometer
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francois marie arouet changed his name to voltaire and goes on to champion individual freedom
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Montesquieu Published On the Spirit of Laws
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Marie Therese Geoffrin held her first salon of philosophes
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Jean Jacques Rousseau Wrote The Social Contract
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The enlightened despot Catherine the great began her rule of Russia
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Cesare Beccaria published On Crimes and Punishment
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Denis Diderot published the first Volume of the Encyclopedia
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Joseph priestly 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 Lavoisier Discovered and named gas oxygen
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The U.S enacted the Constitution
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The U.S congress added the Bill of Rights
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Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A vindication of the rights of women
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edward jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
