AGE OF RATIONALISM TIMELINE 1650-1800 History

-it is the product of the parts of Candide (Voltaire’s 1650-1675

book)  Louis XIV begins reign in France
-time for progress and betterment in human affairs  Great Plague of London begins
-capable of signaling births of every children  Great fire of London takes place
 Italian astronomer introduce map of moon
Late 17th and 18th centuries  First fountain pens and stockings
-a time of concern for truth as revealed through reason  Ice cream bcom popular
-philosophers in this time challenged traditions, folk  Dutch develop primitive microscope
wisdom and other unscientific beliefs and attempted to
 Moliere Tartuffe and Misantrophe
replace with laws from contemplation and natural
phenomena  John Milton: Paradise lost
-Reason was accepted as greatest authority in matters of  La Fontaine: fables
art and intellect  Pascal: Pensees
1680-1700
Galileo  Peter the great becomes czar of Russia
-forerunner of rationalist movement  James II becomes king of England
-said that Truth is written in great book of nature  Bill of Rights becomes law in Britain
-by him, reason became connected with great depth of  Act of Settlement is passed
thought, maturity and scholarly training  War of Spanish Succession begins
 Peter the Great begin building St. Petersburg
Sir Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus  School for girls in france
-formed Oxford U and tenets of Humanism and  Isaac newton’s math proofs
rationalism by reviving interest in greek and roman lits  John Locke: two treatise
-humanists maintain that by virtue and restraint,  France’ first address directory
educated people can purify nations  First daily newspaper
 Witch executions
Rationalist
 Syringe and Thermometer invented
-urge for balance and control
 Defoe begins The Review
Rationalism  Evening Post
-systemized means of thought and way to regulate and  The Tatler
improve daily existence  First copyright act
-where literature profited  Alexander Pope: The rape of lock
-its ideas sparked revolutions in New World and in 1725
Europe  Peter the Great dies and succeeded by his wife,
Catherine
Encyclopedia  Treaty of Seville is established
-symbol of tolerance and freedom of expression = key  George Washington is born
elements of intellectual enlightenment characteristic of  Coffee is planted
Age of Rationalism  Jonathan swift: gulliver’s treats and modest
proposal
Humanists 1750-1775
-urged liberalization of church  Seven yrs war begins
-revived study of greek lits and roman such as Plato and  Stamp act is passed
Cicero = bent to natural symmetry and unity  Boston tea party
 American revolution
Rise of Rationalism  Declaration of independence
-coincide with renewed interest in nature
 Louis XVI reigns
-appreciate and accept rules of human behavior =
 Sign language in Portugal
Human Nature
-nature and reason; replaced enmity with harmony  35 volume encyclopedia
 Montesquieu dies
 Voltaire: Candide
1800
 Fall of bastille
 French revolution
 Bill of rights in US
 Cotton gin
 Vaccine against smallpox