Philosophers of the Enlightenment

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

Moments

  1. 1728 Audience in Turin Montesquieu
  2. 1728 Stay in Genoa Montesquieu
  3. 1728 Arrival in Florence Montesquieu
  4. 1729 Burgh School education Adam Smith
  5. 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
  6. 1729 Arrival in Naples Montesquieu
  7. 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
  8. 1729 Second extended Markethill visit Jonathan Swift
  9. 1729 Arrival in Bologna Montesquieu
  10. 1729 Arrival in Heidelberg Montesquieu
  11. 1729 Return to Annecy Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  12. 1729 Departure from The Hague for England Montesquieu
  13. 1729 Visit to Amsterdam Montesquieu
  14. 1729 Arrival in London Montesquieu
  15. 1730 Attends the Hospitalschule Immanuel Kant
  16. 1730 Initiation at Horn Tavern Lodge Montesquieu
  17. 1730 Third extended Markethill visit Jonathan Swift
  18. 1731 Life with de Warens at Chambéry Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  19. 1731 Retreat to La Brède after the grand tour Montesquieu
  20. 1732 Begins at Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  21. 1734 Residence in Paris while preparing later work Montesquieu
  22. 1734 Takes refuge at Cirey Voltaire
  23. 1735 Residence at Les Charmettes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  24. 1737 Student at Glasgow Adam Smith
  25. 1737 Inheritance visit to Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  26. 1739 Lives largely in Brussels Voltaire
  27. 1739 Letter from Paris to Niccolini Montesquieu
  28. 1740 Departure for Oxford Adam Smith
  29. 1740 Oxford study Adam Smith
  30. 1740 Enters the University of Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  31. 1740 Graduates from Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  32. 1740 Tutor in Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  33. 1740 Negotiates with a Hague publisher Voltaire
  34. 1740 First meets Frederick at Moyland Voltaire
  35. 1740 Visits Frederick in Berlin Voltaire
  36. 1742 Presentation to the Académie des Sciences Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  37. 1742 Meets Frederick at Aachen Voltaire
  38. 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  39. 1743 Birth at Shadwell Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  40. 1744 Visits Paris and begins relationship with Denis Voltaire
  41. 1745 Return to Paris and relationship with Thérèse Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  42. 1745 Childhood at Tuckahoe Plantation Thomas Jefferson
  43. 1745 Death in Dublin Jonathan Swift
  44. 1746 Return and convalescence in Kirkcaldy Adam Smith
  45. 1748 Public lectures in Edinburgh Adam Smith
  46. 1748 Tutors the Andersch family in Judtschen Immanuel Kant
  47. 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  48. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  49. 1749 Returns briefly to Paris after du Châtelet’s death Voltaire
  50. 1750 Works as a tutor at Groß-Arnsdorf Immanuel Kant

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