Scientists of the Enlightenment

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

Moments

  1. 1754 Return to Geneva and reconversion Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. 1754 Final visit to Paris Montesquieu
  3. 1754 Albany Congress opening Benjamin Franklin
  4. 1754 Returns to Königsberg Immanuel Kant
  5. 1755 Begins lecturing at the Albertina Immanuel Kant
  6. 1755 Death in Paris Montesquieu
  7. 1755 Rejoins Braddock near the Monongahela George Washington
  8. 1756 Residence at the Hermitage Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  9. 1757 London colonial agency Benjamin Franklin
  10. 1758 Summer residence at Hammarby Carl Linnaeus
  11. 1758 Present at surrender of Louisbourg James Cook
  12. 1759 Visit to Edinburgh Benjamin Franklin
  13. 1759 Establishes household at Mount Vernon George Washington
  14. 1759 Surveys the St Lawrence approaches to Quebec James Cook
  15. 1759 Residence at Château de Montmorency Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  16. 1762 Return to Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
  17. 1762 Exile at Môtiers Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  18. 1762 Returns to England and marries in London James Cook
  19. 1763 Surveys Saint-Pierre and Miquelon James Cook
  20. 1764 Departure from Glasgow for London Adam Smith
  21. 1764 Visit to Montpellier Adam Smith
  22. 1764 Second London mission Benjamin Franklin
  23. 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
  24. 1764 Residence in Toulouse Adam Smith
  25. 1764 Excursion to Bordeaux Adam Smith
  26. 1764 Excursion to Bagnères-de-Bigorre Adam Smith
  27. 1765 Serves in the castle library Immanuel Kant
  28. 1765 Retreat on Île de Saint-Pierre Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  29. 1765 Departure for Strasbourg Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  30. 1765 Takes lodgings as a Leipzig student Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  31. 1765 Departure from Geneva for Paris Adam Smith
  32. 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  33. 1766 Return to Kirkcaldy to write Adam Smith
  34. 1766 Museum construction at Hammarby Carl Linnaeus
  35. 1766 Lives and lectures in Kanter's house Immanuel Kant
  36. 1766 Arrival in London Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  37. 1766 Channel crossing to Dover Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  38. 1766 Crossing via Calais Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  39. 1766 Stay at Chiswick Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  40. 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
  41. 1766 Residence at Wootton Hall Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  42. 1766 Observes eclipse off Newfoundland James Cook
  43. 1766 Return to Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler
  44. 1766 Return to London from France Adam Smith
  45. 1767 Banquet at Amiens after reentry to France Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  46. 1767 Departure from Dover for France Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  47. 1767 Move to Trie-Château Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  48. 1767 Visit to Paris Benjamin Franklin
  49. 1768 Passage through Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  50. 1768 Marriage ceremony at Bourgoin Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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