Events
A Dialogue Between the Two Great Systems of the World, 1602The Skeptical Chymist, 1661Concerning the Fabric of the Human Body, 1543Micrographia, 1665Mathematic Principles of Natural Philosophy (Principia), 1687English Royal Society established, 1662Academie des Sciences established, 166The Advancement of Learning , 1605Leviathan, 1651Peace of Utrecht, 1714Treaty of Nystad, 1721Act of Union, 1707Hanovers Come to Power in Great BritainPoland completely partitioned to RUS, AUS, and PRUEncyclopedie of Sciences, Arts, and CraftsCrimes and Punishments, 1764The Wealth of Nations, 1776Periods
Ancient EuropeMedieval EuropeModern EuropeRenaissanceNicholas Copernicus (1473-1543, Poland)Tycho Brahe (1546-1601, Denmark)Johannes Kepler (1571-1630, German studying under Brahe)Galileo Galilei (1564-1642, Italy)Paracelsus (1493-1541, Switzerland)Robert Boyle (1627-1691, ENG)Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564, p.d. Belgium, Flemish)Michael Servetus (1509-1553, Spain)William Harvey (1578-1657, ENG)Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723, Dutch merchant)Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727, ENG)Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626, ENG)Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592)Rene Descartes (1596-1650)Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)John Locke (1632-1704)Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)Frederick William IV, Elector of Brandenburg (1640-1688)Frederick III the Elector (1688-1701Frederick I, King of Prussia (1701-1713)Frederick William I (1713-1740)Sample of an long eventBaron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)Voltaire (1699-1778)Denis Diderot (1713-1784)Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794)Adam Smith (1723-1790)
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