Question | Answer |
Louis XIII becomes King of France (Henry IV is assassinated) | 1610 17th Century |
Charles I becomes king of England | 1625 17th Century |
Descartes's "Meditations on First Philosophy" published in Latin | 1641 17th Century |
English Civil War begins | 1642 17th Century |
Charles I beheaded | 1649 17th Century |
Thomas Hobbes writes "Leviathan" | 1651 17th Century |
Charles II becomes King of England and monarchy is restored! | 1660 17th Century |
Margaret Cavendish publishes "The Blazing World" | 1666 17th Century |
Anonymous publishing of "La Princesse de Clèves" | 1678 17th Century |
Newton publishes "Principia Mathematica" | 1687 17th Century |
George I becomes King of England, allows Parliament to run the country | 1714 18th Century |
Louis XV becomes King of France | 1715 18th Century |
George II becomes King of England | 1727 18th Century |
Rousseau's "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" published | 1755 18th Century |
Voltaire publishes "Candide" | 1759 18th Century |
George III becomes King of England, will try to restore royal powers lost to Parliament (thanks to GI and GII) and in doing so will spark the American Revolution! | 1760 18th Century |
Rousseau's "The Social Contract" is published! One year after "Julie"! | 1762 18th Century |
Louis XVI becomes King of France, will introduce some enlightened reforms, but they will be too little, too late. | 1774 18th Century |
Goethe's "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is published | 1774 18th Century |
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS | 1776 18th Century |
Mozart, "The Marriage of Figaro" | 1786 18th Century |
Cugoano publishes "Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evils of Slavery" | 1787 |
Kant publishes "The Critique of Judgement" | 1788 18th Century |
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION BEGINS | 1789 18th Century |
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