ch.17

By tbeckmann35

  • Galileo Galilei publishes Starry Messenger

  • The first daily newspaper printed in London

  • Rene Descartes writes Discourse on Method

  • ohn Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding

  • Isaac Newton publishes Principia

  • Reign of Frederick William I starts

  • Reign of Frederick William I ends

  • Reign of Frederick II starts

  • War of Austrian Succession

  • 17. Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne

  • The years in which Diderot published the Encyclopedia

  • Montesque writes The Spirit of the Laws

  • Rousseau writes Discourse on the Origins of the Inequality of Mankind

  • Beginning of the Seven Years’ War

  • Rousseau writes The Social Contract

  • Catherine the Great gets control of Russia

  • Voltaire writes Treatise on Toleration

  • end of the Seven Years’ War

  • On Crimes and Punishments written by CesareBeccaria

  • Stamp Act imposed on colonies

  • first Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

  • Adam Smith writes The Wealth of Nations

  • Treaty of Paris signed

  • Reign of Frederick II ends

  • Mary Wollstonecraft writes A Vindication of the rights of Woman

  • Catherine the Great loses control of Russia

  • Montesque writes The Spirit of the Laws