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The classical period began in art, music, and architecture
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150
Ptolemy supported the geocentric theroy
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314
Aristotle explained the geocentric theory
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1473
Nicolus Copernicus reasoned the heliocentric theory
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1543
Andreas Vesalius published on the fabric of human body
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1555
William Harvey showed that the heart acted as a pump to circulate blood throughout the body
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Zacharias Janssen invented the microscope
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The Baroque period began in art music, architecture
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Galileo developed the law of the pendulum
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Johannes Kepler published the first two laws of plantery motion
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Emillie du Chatalet Translated Newton work from latin in to french
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Francis Bacon published Novum Organum which encouraged the experimental method
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John Locke explained his theroy of natural light
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Rene Descartes published Discourse on method which set forth his reasoning
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Anton van Leeuwenhoel saw red blood cells for the first time
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Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan social contract
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Robert Boyle created Boyle'slaw
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Issac Newton published his law of gravity
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Francois- Marie Arouet changed his name to voltaire and goes on to champion indiviual freedoms
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Mary Astell wrote a serious proposal to the ladies addressing the lack of educational opportunities for women
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The enlightened despot fredrick ii began his rule of russia
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Gabriel Fahrenheit made the first thermometer to use mercury thermometer
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Anders Celsius created a scale for the mercury thermometer
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Montesquieu published On the Spirit of laws detaling separtion of powers in goverment
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Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract free individual create a society and govermnet
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The enlightened despot , Catherine the great began her rule of russia
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The enlightened despot joseph ii began his rule of austria
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Joseph Priestly discovered oxygen
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Antoine Lavoisier discovered and named gas oxygen
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Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent small pox
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Thomas Jeffeson wrote delaration of independence
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The U.S. enacted the constution establishing a fedral system separation of power, checks and balances
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The U.S. Congress added the bill of right to the constution
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Mary Wollstonecraft wrote a Vindication of the right of women promoting women's education as virtuous
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Cesare Beccaria published on crimes and punishment railing against common abuses of justice