Historical figures of the Enlightenment
The atlas holds 51 people and 1,112 moments here, from 1685 to 1815. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers.
Moments
- 1717 Resident composer at Cannons George Frideric Handel
- 1717 Return to Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
- 1717 Imprisoned in Weimar Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1717 Inspected Leipzig university organ Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1717 Started work at Köthen court Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1718 Court appointment in Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
- 1718 Traveled to Berlin for a harpsichord Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1718 Accompanied Prince Leopold to Carlsbad Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1719 Recruiting singers in Dresden George Frideric Handel
- 1720 Return to Venice from Mantua Antonio Vivaldi
- 1720 Auditioned in Hamburg Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1720 Returned to Carlsbad with the court Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1720 Enrollment at the University of Basel Leonhard Euler
- 1721 Opera work in Milan Antonio Vivaldi
- 1721 Married Anna Magdalena at home Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1722 Move to Rome Antonio Vivaldi
- 1722 Boarding at Bossey Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1722 Arranges clandestine publication in Rouen Voltaire
- 1722 Finds a publisher at The Hague Voltaire
- 1722 Meets Rousseau in Brussels Voltaire
- 1722 Triumphal entry into Moscow Peter the Great
- 1723 Move to Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin
- 1723 Brook Street residence George Frideric Handel
- 1723 Moved household to Leipzig Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1723 Baptism at Kirkcaldy Old Kirk Adam Smith
- 1724 Journeyman printer in London Benjamin Franklin
- 1724 House at Stoke Newington Daniel Defoe
- 1724 Apprenticeship in Geneva Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1724 Born in Königsberg Immanuel Kant
- 1724 Returned to perform at Köthen Johann Sebastian Bach
- 1725 Moves to Kensington for his health Isaac Newton
- 1725 Death in Saint Petersburg Peter the Great
- 1726 Stayed with Pope at Twickenham Jonathan Swift
- 1726 Lives with Fawkener in Wandsworth Voltaire
- 1726 Takes rooms at Durham Court Voltaire
- 1726 Recounts the falling-apple insight Isaac Newton
- 1726 Second Bastille imprisonment Voltaire
- 1726 Embarks from Calais for England Voltaire
- 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu
- 1727 Junto founded Benjamin Franklin
- 1727 Studies at Lund University Carl Linnaeus
- 1727 Embarkation from Lübeck Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Post-wagon journey through Giessen Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Post-wagon journey through Kassel Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Rhine voyage to Mainz Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Letter from Paris Montesquieu
- 1727 Dies at Kensington Isaac Newton
- 1727 Departure from Basel for Russia Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Departure from Frankfurt am Main Leonhard Euler
- 1727 Arrival at Saint Petersburg Leonhard Euler