Political Leaders of the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 13 people and 174 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. The most recorded lives are Galileo Galilei, Michel de Montaigne and Peter Paul Rubens.

Notable people

  1. Galileo Galilei

    from 1564 to 1642

    35 moments here

    Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…

  2. Michel de Montaigne

    from 1557 to 1592

    29 moments here

    French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…

  3. Peter Paul Rubens

    from 1577 to 1640

    25 moments here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  4. John Locke

    from 1632 to 1683

    22 moments here

    English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…

  5. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    from 1646 to 1687

    20 moments here

    German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…

  6. Francis Bacon

    from 1561 to 1626

    13 moments here

    English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…

  7. Louis XIV

    from 1638 to 1685

    12 moments here

    Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…

  8. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1588 to 1679

    11 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  9. Peter the Great

    from 1672 to 1682

    2 moments here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  10. Suleiman the Magnificent

    from 1543 to 1566

    2 moments here

    Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, known in Ottoman tradition as Kanuni, the Lawgiver. Born at Trabzon and educated for dynastic rule, Suleiman…

  11. Nicolaus Copernicus

    in 1543

    1 moment here

    Renaissance astronomer, canon, physician, administrator, and economist whose heliocentric model placed the Sun rather than Earth at the center of the…

  12. Hernán Cortés

    in 1547

    1 moment here

    Spanish conquistador, commander, explorer, governor, and writer whose 1519–1521 campaign against the Aztec Empire helped establish Spanish rule in…

  13. Jacques Cartier

    in 1557

    1 moment here

    French navigator and explorer from Saint-Malo whose three Atlantic voyages of 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542 surveyed the Gulf and River of Saint…

Moments

  1. 1543 Death at Frauenburg Nicolaus Copernicus
  2. 1543 Besieges Esztergom Suleiman the Magnificent
  3. 1547 Death at Castilleja de la Cuesta Hernán Cortés
  4. 1557 Councillor of the Bordeaux Parlement Michel de Montaigne
  5. 1557 Death at Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
  6. 1561 Birth at York House Francis Bacon
  7. 1562 With Charles IX at the siege of Rouen Michel de Montaigne
  8. 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
  9. 1564 Born in Pisa Galileo Galilei
  10. 1566 Dies during the Szigetvár siege Suleiman the Magnificent
  11. 1570 Return to the family estate Michel de Montaigne
  12. 1571 Retirement to the château tower Michel de Montaigne
  13. 1573 Student at Trinity College Francis Bacon
  14. 1574 Moved from Pisa to Florence Galileo Galilei
  15. 1575 Educated at Vallombrosa Abbey Galileo Galilei
  16. 1576 Diplomatic journey to Paris Francis Bacon
  17. 1576 Admission to Gray's Inn Francis Bacon
  18. 1577 Reported baptism in Cologne Peter Paul Rubens
  19. 1577 Birth at Siegen Peter Paul Rubens
  20. 1579 Residence for legal study Francis Bacon
  21. 1580 Lodging at Baden’s baths Michel de Montaigne
  22. 1580 Stay at Basel Michel de Montaigne
  23. 1580 Departure on the European journey Michel de Montaigne
  24. 1580 Arrival at Meaux Michel de Montaigne
  25. 1580 Visit to Remiremont Abbey Michel de Montaigne
  26. 1580 Arrival at Munich Michel de Montaigne
  27. 1580 Return to Innsbruck Michel de Montaigne
  28. 1580 Stay in Augsburg Michel de Montaigne
  29. 1580 Arrival at Verona Michel de Montaigne
  30. 1580 Arrival in Rome at Porta del Popolo Michel de Montaigne
  31. 1580 Visit to Venice Michel de Montaigne
  32. 1580 Audience with Pope Gregory XIII Michel de Montaigne
  33. 1580 Roman lodging near Santa Lucia della Tinta Michel de Montaigne
  34. 1581 Arrival at Ancona Michel de Montaigne
  35. 1581 Mayor of Bordeaux Michel de Montaigne
  36. 1581 Visit to Florence Michel de Montaigne
  37. 1581 Treatment at the Roman baths Michel de Montaigne
  38. 1581 Departure from Bagni di Lucca Michel de Montaigne
  39. 1581 Residence in Pisa Michel de Montaigne
  40. 1581 Election news at Lucca Michel de Montaigne
  41. 1581 Return to Lucca from Bagni della Villa Michel de Montaigne
  42. 1581 Departure from Rome for home Michel de Montaigne
  43. 1581 Overnight stay at Lyon Michel de Montaigne
  44. 1581 Return to Montaigne after the journey Michel de Montaigne
  45. 1583 Observed the cathedral lantern Galileo Galilei
  46. 1588 Taught art and perspective in Florence Galileo Galilei
  47. 1588 Birth at Westport Thomas Hobbes
  48. 1589 Began teaching mathematics at Pisa Galileo Galilei
  49. 1590 Family relocation to Antwerp Peter Paul Rubens
  50. 1592 Lived and worked in Padua Galileo Galilei

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