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Francis Bacon published The Advancement of Learning
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Francis Bacon published Novum Organum
This outlined the fundamentals of his scientific method. -
Ethics by Baruch Spinoza is published
a philosophical work that explores the nature of God, the human mind, and the concept of freedom. -
Issac Newton published his laws of motion
The three fundamental principles explain how objects move in relation to the forces acting on them. -
Voltaire published his Candide
The point of his Candide is to maintain a positive outlook on life. -
Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
He was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, into an aristocratic family. -
Louis XVI ascends to the throne
Took the throne after the death of his father. -
Napoleon went to military school
Left his family at age ten to attend the military school. -
Overthrow of the British monarchy
Happened with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. -
Estates-General convened
This meeting marks the beginning of the French Revolution. -
Tennis Court Oath
Men swore never to stop meeting intill a constitution had been established. -
Storming of the Bastille
Revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress, and political prison known as the Bastille. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Defines a single set of individual and collective rights for all men. -
Women march on Versailles
Many women marched in protest over the high price and scarcity of bread. -
French declares war on Austria
The French government acting without the king interpreted the declaration as a threat, which led to a French declaration of war. -
French Republic established
The National Convention is established, this proclaimed the abolition of the monarchy -
Execution of Louis XVI
Louis XVI was executed for treason -
Reign of terror begins
A violent period during the revolutionary, roughly 27,00 people died during it. -
The Thermidorian Reaction
This event marked the end of the rain of terror and the overthrow of Robespierre -
The new empress
Napoleon married Joséphine de Beauharnais, but they did not have any children. -
The expidiotn to Egypt
Napoleon decided to send his government to Egypt in top-secret. -
Napoleon takes power
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought Napoleon to power -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France
Napoleon wanted to establish the legitimacy of his imperial reign with its new dynasty and nobility -
Napoleon was buried
He was buried in Paris in the crypt of the church of Saint-Louis des Invalides. -
The Nazis rise to power
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The first concentration camp
Dachau was the first and longest concentration camp. -
Jews were gave arm bands
Jews of a certain age had to wear a 4-inch-wide white armband displaying a blue star of David on their right arm -
First gas chamber
In Brandenburg an der Havel, the State Welfare instituted a crude experiment using a gas chamber to murder people. -
Hilter surrendered
The surrender was made in the wake of Hitler's suicide. -
The Directory takes power
The directory took power between 1795-1799