World History Week 11 Timeline
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Updated: 20 Nov 2019
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Created byJack Wilson
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Mid 1500s:
Beginning of the Scientific Revolution
Some scholars published works
that challenged the ideas of
ancient thinkers and the church1543:
Copernicus published
his heliocentric theory1609:
Kepler created two
new planetary laws1610:
Galileo Galilei published
his finding after looking
into outer space that
contradicted theories
by Aristotle1620:
Bacon publishes a book
that enourages using
the scientific methodDecember 16, 1773:
Boston Tea Party.
To protest an import tax
on tea, colonists dumped
tea into the Boston harbor.July 4, 1776:
Second Continental Congress
issues the Declaration of
Independence which is
written by Thomas Jefferson1783:
US War of
Independence
ended1789:
National Assembly assembled
and therefore ending absolute
monarchyJune 20, 1789:
Tennis Court Oath taken,
and the National Assembly draws
up a new constitution1789:
Seizing of BastilleAugust 26, 1789:
National Assembly introduces
Declaration of the Rights of
Man and the CitizenNovember 17, 1799:
Napoleon Bonaparte
abolishes Directory and
becomes the leader of France1804:
Napoleon establishes
the Napoleonic CodeJune 22, 1815:
Napoleon abdicates
the throne for the last timePeriods
1793-1794
Reign of Terror
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