Scientists of the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 16 people and 374 moments here, from 1687 to 1815.

Moments

  1. 1731 Retreat to La Brède after the grand tour Montesquieu
  2. 1732 Return route through Turku Carl Linnaeus
  3. 1732 Begins at Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  4. 1732 Born at Popes Creek George Washington
  5. 1732 Departure on the Lapland expedition Carl Linnaeus
  6. 1732 Return from Lapland to Uppsala Carl Linnaeus
  7. 1734 Christmas at Falun Carl Linnaeus
  8. 1734 Dalarna resource expedition Carl Linnaeus
  9. 1734 Residence in Paris while preparing later work Montesquieu
  10. 1735 Doctoral work at Harderwijk Carl Linnaeus
  11. 1735 Lives at Little Hunting Creek George Washington
  12. 1735 Residence at Les Charmettes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  13. 1735 Stop in Hamburg en route to the Dutch Republic Carl Linnaeus
  14. 1737 Student at Glasgow Adam Smith
  15. 1737 Inheritance visit to Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  16. 1737 Residence at Hartekamp Carl Linnaeus
  17. 1738 Physician in Stockholm Carl Linnaeus
  18. 1738 Moves to Ferry Farm George Washington
  19. 1738 Botanical visit in Paris Carl Linnaeus
  20. 1738 Return to Falun Carl Linnaeus
  21. 1739 Letter from Paris to Niccolini Montesquieu
  22. 1740 Departure for Oxford Adam Smith
  23. 1740 Oxford study Adam Smith
  24. 1740 Enters the University of Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  25. 1740 Graduates from Collegium Fridericianum Immanuel Kant
  26. 1740 Tutor in Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  27. 1741 Öland expedition Carl Linnaeus
  28. 1741 Research stay in Visby and Gotland Carl Linnaeus
  29. 1741 Departure from Saint Petersburg for Berlin Leonhard Euler
  30. 1741 Arrival in Berlin Leonhard Euler
  31. 1741 Professor and resident in Uppsala Carl Linnaeus
  32. 1742 Presentation to the Académie des Sciences Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  33. 1743 Embassy secretary in Venice Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  34. 1745 Return to Paris and relationship with Thérèse Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  35. 1746 Return and convalescence in Kirkcaldy Adam Smith
  36. 1746 Begins Whitby apprenticeship James Cook
  37. 1746 Västergötland expedition Carl Linnaeus
  38. 1748 Public lectures in Edinburgh Adam Smith
  39. 1748 Tutors the Andersch family in Judtschen Immanuel Kant
  40. 1749 Scanian journey Carl Linnaeus
  41. 1749 Visits to Diderot at Vincennes Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  42. 1749 Born at the Goethe family house Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  43. 1750 Surveys from Winchester George Washington
  44. 1750 Works as a tutor at Groß-Arnsdorf Immanuel Kant
  45. 1751 Professor of Logic at Glasgow Adam Smith
  46. 1752 Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow Adam Smith
  47. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  48. 1753 Family home in Charlottenburg Leonhard Euler
  49. 1753 College planning meeting Benjamin Franklin
  50. 1753 Reaches Fort Le Boeuf George Washington

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