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Enlightenment — 1651 to 1800

Reason, revolution, and the first global wars. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.

Enlightenment — 1651 to 1800

236 events · 1651–1800 · Saeculum · sample of the first 8 rows

Enlightenment — 1651 to 1800. Reason, revolution, and the first global wars. The whole era as one printed chronology, sectioned by century.
DateEventRegionTheme
1600–1699
1651Hobbes Publishes LeviathanEuropePolitics
6 Apr 1652Dutch Settle the CapeAfricaPolitics
1653Taj Mahal CompletedSouth AsiaCulture
16 Dec 1653Cromwell Becomes Lord ProtectorEuropePolitics
1654Pascal and Fermat Invent ProbabilityEuropeScience
1656Huygens Builds Pendulum ClockEuropeTechnology
1656Velazquez Paints Las MeninasEuropeCulture
1657Great Fire of Meireki Destroys EdoEast AsiaDisaster

Covers the Enlightenment, 1651–1800. Shows the 236 events scored 8 or higher for significance out of the 4992-event Saeculum corpus. Everything below that line — and every event on this sheet — is free to read in full on its own year and event page.

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