Historical figures of the Scientific Revolution
The atlas holds 38 people and 540 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders.
Moments
- 1661 Rijnsburg residence Baruch Spinoza
- 1661 Jewin Street residence John Milton
- 1661 Visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte Louis XIV
- 1661 Opening at the Palais-Royal Molière
- 1661 Begins university studies Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1661 Enters Trinity College Isaac Newton
- 1661 Fête de Vaux and first performance of Les Fâcheux Jean de La Fontaine
- 1662 Death in Paris Blaise Pascal
- 1663 Move to Voorburg Baruch Spinoza
- 1663 Journey accompanying Jacques Jannart into exile Jean de La Fontaine
- 1663 Marriage to Elizabeth Minshull John Milton
- 1663 Summer-semester enrolment at Jena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1663 Returns to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1663 L'Impromptu de Versailles Molière
- 1664 Installed at Luxembourg Palace Jean de La Fontaine
- 1664 Artillery Walk residence John Milton
- 1664 Plaisirs de l'Île enchantée Molière
- 1665 Plague retreat at Woolsthorpe Isaac Newton
- 1665 Diplomatic mission at Cleves John Locke
- 1665 Plague refuge at Milton's Cottage John Milton
- 1666 Secretary in Nuremberg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1666 Leaves Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1666 Enrols at Altdorf Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1666 Defends legal doctorate thesis Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1667 Residence at Exeter House John Locke
- 1667 Frankfurt visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1667 Visit to Mainz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1667 Birth in Dublin Jonathan Swift
- 1668 George Dandin at Versailles Molière
- 1669 Burial in Westerkerk Rembrandt
- 1669 Death in Amsterdam Rembrandt
- 1670 Move to the Spinoza House in The Hague Baruch Spinoza
- 1670 Royal entertainment at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Molière
- 1670 Premiere of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière
- 1671 Psyché at the Palais-Royal Molière
- 1672 Move to rue de Richelieu Molière
- 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1672 Crossing of the Lower Rhine Louis XIV
- 1672 Birth in Moscow Peter the Great
- 1673 Residence with Madame de La Sablière Jean de La Fontaine
- 1673 Sent to Kilkenny School Jonathan Swift
- 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1673 Death in Paris Molière
- 1673 Final performance of Le Malade imaginaire Molière
- 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1673 Siege of Maastricht Louis XIV
- 1673 Visit to French-occupied Utrecht Baruch Spinoza
- 1674 Return to Oxford for medical degree John Locke
- 1674 Retreat to Saint-Germain-en-Laye Louis XIV
- 1674 Death at Bunhill Row John Milton