Historians of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 8 people and 251 moments here, from 1687 to 1815.

Moments

  1. 1726 Second Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
  2. 1726 Embarks from Calais for England Voltaire
  3. 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu
  4. 1727 Letter from Paris Montesquieu
  5. 1727 Lodges above the White Peruke Voltaire
  6. 1728 Waits in Dieppe after exile Voltaire
  7. 1728 Departure for Vienna Montesquieu
  8. 1728 Hungarian Diet at Pressburg Montesquieu
  9. 1728 Stay in Vienna Montesquieu
  10. 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
  11. 1728 Arrival in Milan Montesquieu
  12. 1728 Audience in Turin Montesquieu
  13. 1728 Stay in Genoa Montesquieu
  14. 1728 Arrival in Florence Montesquieu
  15. 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
  16. 1729 Arrival in Naples Montesquieu
  17. 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
  18. 1729 Arrival in Bologna Montesquieu
  19. 1729 Arrival in Heidelberg Montesquieu
  20. 1729 Departure from The Hague for England Montesquieu
  21. 1729 Visit to Amsterdam Montesquieu
  22. 1729 Arrival in London Montesquieu
  23. 1730 Initiation at Horn Tavern Lodge Montesquieu
  24. 1731 Retreat to La Brède after the grand tour Montesquieu
  25. 1734 Residence in Paris while preparing later work Montesquieu
  26. 1734 Takes refuge at Cirey Voltaire
  27. 1739 Lives largely in Brussels Voltaire
  28. 1739 Letter from Paris to Niccolini Montesquieu
  29. 1740 Negotiates with a Hague publisher Voltaire
  30. 1740 First meets Frederick at Moyland Voltaire
  31. 1740 Visits Frederick in Berlin Voltaire
  32. 1742 Meets Frederick at Aachen Voltaire
  33. 1743 Birth at Shadwell Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  34. 1744 Visits Paris and begins relationship with Denis Voltaire
  35. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  36. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  37. 1749 Returns briefly to Paris after du Châtelet’s death Voltaire
  38. 1750 Moves to Potsdam Voltaire
  39. 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
  40. 1750 Occupies rooms at Sanssouci Voltaire
  41. 1753 Return to Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
  42. 1753 Establishes a residence in Colmar Voltaire
  43. 1753 Lives on Strasbourg’s Île Jars Voltaire
  44. 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
  45. 1753 Passes through Mannheim Voltaire
  46. 1753 Stays at Gotha Voltaire
  47. 1753 Stays at Schwetzingen Voltaire
  48. 1753 Stays in Kassel Voltaire
  49. 1753 Stops in Leipzig after leaving Prussia Voltaire
  50. 1753 Withdraws to Luttenbach Voltaire

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