Enlightenment · Europe · Science

1662

Royal Society Receives Charter

1662

Charles II formally chartered the Royal Society for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, making London one of the great scientific capitals of Europe. Its motto was Nullius in verba, take nobody's word for it. The first scientific journal, the Philosophical Transactions, would follow three years later, establishing a model for peer-reviewed publication that persists to this day.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1661: Boyle Publishes The Sceptical Chymist
After: 1663: Ottoman Defeat at Saint Gotthard

Before and after in Science

Before: 1661: Boyle Publishes The Sceptical Chymist
After: 1664: Hooke Publishes Micrographia

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Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.