Philosophers of the Enlightenment

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

Moments

  1. 1750 Moves to Potsdam Voltaire
  2. 1750 Occupies rooms at Charlottenburg Palace Voltaire
  3. 1750 Occupies rooms at Sanssouci Voltaire
  4. 1751 Professor of Logic at Glasgow Adam Smith
  5. 1751 Birth at Belle Grove James Madison
  6. 1752 Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow Adam Smith
  7. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. 1753 Return to Shadwell Thomas Jefferson
  9. 1753 Establishes a residence in Colmar Voltaire
  10. 1753 Lives on Strasbourg’s Île Jars Voltaire
  11. 1753 Passes through Mainz Voltaire
  12. 1753 Passes through Mannheim Voltaire
  13. 1753 Stays at Gotha Voltaire
  14. 1753 Stays at Schwetzingen Voltaire
  15. 1753 Stays in Kassel Voltaire
  16. 1753 Stops in Leipzig after leaving Prussia Voltaire
  17. 1753 Withdraws to Luttenbach Voltaire
  18. 1753 Arrives and is detained in Frankfurt Voltaire
  19. 1754 Return to Geneva and reconversion Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  20. 1754 Final visit to Paris Montesquieu
  21. 1754 Works at Senones Abbey Voltaire
  22. 1754 Takes the waters at Plombières Voltaire
  23. 1754 Returns to Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  24. 1754 Meets Richelieu in Lyon Voltaire
  25. 1754 Arrives in Geneva Voltaire
  26. 1755 Begins lecturing at the Albertina Immanuel Kant
  27. 1755 Establishes Les Délices Voltaire
  28. 1755 Winters at Château de Prangins Voltaire
  29. 1755 Death in Paris Montesquieu
  30. 1756 Residence at the Hermitage Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  31. 1757 Stages plays at Mon-Repos Voltaire
  32. 1758 Study with James Maury Thomas Jefferson
  33. 1758 Makes his first visit to Ferney Voltaire
  34. 1758 Arrives at Schwetzingen court Voltaire
  35. 1758 Returns to Lausanne from Schwetzingen Voltaire
  36. 1759 Residence at Château de Montmorency Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  37. 1759 Divides his time among border residences Voltaire
  38. 1759 Birth in Marbach am Neckar Friedrich Schiller
  39. 1761 College of William & Mary student Thomas Jefferson
  40. 1761 Settles at Château de Voltaire Voltaire
  41. 1762 Exile at Môtiers Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  42. 1763 Childhood and primary schooling in Lorch Friedrich Schiller
  43. 1763 Family move to Schwäbisch Gmünd Friedrich Schiller
  44. 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
  45. 1764 Visit to Montpellier Adam Smith
  46. 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
  47. 1764 Residence in Toulouse Adam Smith
  48. 1764 Excursion to Bordeaux Adam Smith
  49. 1764 Excursion to Bagnères-de-Bigorre Adam Smith
  50. 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant

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