Philosophers of the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 15 people and 259 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Galileo Galilei and Giordano Bruno.

Moments

  1. 1654 Boards and studies in Grantham Isaac Newton
  2. 1655 Two-week retreat at Port-Royal Blaise Pascal
  3. 1658 Study at Leiden University Baruch Spinoza
  4. 1660 Encounter with Charles II in the Strand Thomas Hobbes
  5. 1661 Residence and discussion with Oldenburg at Rijnsburg Baruch Spinoza
  6. 1661 Rijnsburg residence Baruch Spinoza
  7. 1661 Begins university studies Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  8. 1661 Enters Trinity College Isaac Newton
  9. 1662 Death in Paris Blaise Pascal
  10. 1663 Move to Voorburg Baruch Spinoza
  11. 1663 Summer-semester enrolment at Jena Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1663 Returns to Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  13. 1665 Plague retreat at Woolsthorpe Isaac Newton
  14. 1665 Diplomatic mission at Cleves John Locke
  15. 1666 Secretary in Nuremberg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  16. 1666 Leaves Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  17. 1666 Enrols at Altdorf Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  18. 1666 Defends legal doctorate thesis Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  19. 1667 Residence at Exeter House John Locke
  20. 1667 Frankfurt visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  21. 1667 Visit to Mainz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  22. 1667 Birth in Dublin Jonathan Swift
  23. 1670 Move to the Spinoza House in The Hague Baruch Spinoza
  24. 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  25. 1673 Sent to Kilkenny School Jonathan Swift
  26. 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  27. 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  28. 1673 Visit to French-occupied Utrecht Baruch Spinoza
  29. 1674 Return to Oxford for medical degree John Locke
  30. 1675 Final residence at Chatsworth Thomas Hobbes
  31. 1675 Visit to Amsterdam over publication of the Ethics Baruch Spinoza
  32. 1675 Arrival in Paris on French journey John Locke
  33. 1675 Arrival and residence at Montpellier John Locke
  34. 1675 Arrival in Lyons John Locke
  35. 1676 Meeting with Leibniz in The Hague Baruch Spinoza
  36. 1676 Spring excursion to Avignon John Locke
  37. 1676 Spring excursion to Marseille John Locke
  38. 1676 Spring excursion to Toulon John Locke
  39. 1676 Leaves Paris for Hanover service Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  40. 1676 Second London visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  41. 1676 Conversations with Spinoza at The Hague Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  42. 1676 Arrives in Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  43. 1677 Death at the Spinoza House Baruch Spinoza
  44. 1677 Arrival in Paris as tutor John Locke
  45. 1678 Second stay at Lyons John Locke
  46. 1678 Departure from Paris toward Rome John Locke
  47. 1678 Return to Montpellier John Locke
  48. 1678 Return to Paris after abandoned Rome journey John Locke
  49. 1679 Returns to nurse his mother Isaac Newton
  50. 1679 Arrival in London after French travels John Locke

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