Philosophers of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 16 people and 413 moments here, from 1687 to 1815.

Moments

  1. 1707 First-Fruits mission in London Jonathan Swift
  2. 1708 Vienna visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  3. 1709 Short return to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  4. 1709 Returned to Ireland after London mission Jonathan Swift
  5. 1709 Scholarly residence in Paris Montesquieu
  6. 1709 Relocates to Chelsea Isaac Newton
  7. 1710 Political work in London Jonathan Swift
  8. 1710 Settles in St Martin's Street Isaac Newton
  9. 1711 Studies law in Caen Voltaire
  10. 1711 Final Berlin sojourn Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  11. 1711 Audience with Peter the Great at Torgau Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1712 Birth in Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  13. 1712 Audience with Peter the Great at Carlsbad Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  14. 1712 Final extended Vienna residence Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  15. 1713 Serves at The Hague Voltaire
  16. 1714 Testifies on the longitude problem Isaac Newton
  17. 1714 Counselor at the Bordeaux Parlement Montesquieu
  18. 1714 Return to Ireland for the deanery Jonathan Swift
  19. 1714 Returns to Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  20. 1716 Meetings with Peter the Great at Bad Pyrmont Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  21. 1716 Death in Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  22. 1717 First Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
  23. 1722 Boarding at Bossey Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  24. 1722 Arranges clandestine publication in Rouen Voltaire
  25. 1722 Finds a publisher at The Hague Voltaire
  26. 1722 Meets Rousseau in Brussels Voltaire
  27. 1723 Baptism at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Adam Smith
  28. 1724 Apprenticeship in Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  29. 1724 Born in Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  30. 1725 Moves to Kensington for his health Isaac Newton
  31. 1726 Stayed with Pope at Twickenham Jonathan Swift
  32. 1726 Lives with Fawkener in Wandsworth Voltaire
  33. 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
  34. 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton
  35. 1726 Second Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
  36. 1726 Embarks from Calais for England Voltaire
  37. 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu
  38. 1727 Letter from Paris Montesquieu
  39. 1727 Dies at Kensington Isaac Newton
  40. 1727 Lodges above the White Peruke Voltaire
  41. 1728 Waits in Dieppe after exile Voltaire
  42. 1728 Arrival at Madame de Warens's home Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  43. 1728 Flight from Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  44. 1728 Catholic baptism in Turin Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  45. 1728 Departure for Vienna Montesquieu
  46. 1728 Hungarian Diet at Pressburg Montesquieu
  47. 1728 Stay in Vienna Montesquieu
  48. 1728 First extended Markethill visit Jonathan Swift
  49. 1728 Letter from Venice Montesquieu
  50. 1728 Arrival in Milan Montesquieu

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