Writers of the Scientific Revolution

The atlas holds 23 people and 354 moments here, from 1543 to 1687. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, John Milton and Giordano Bruno.

Moments

  1. 1664 Installed at Luxembourg Palace Jean de La Fontaine
  2. 1664 Artillery Walk residence John Milton
  3. 1664 Plaisirs de l'Île enchantée Molière
  4. 1665 Diplomatic mission at Cleves John Locke
  5. 1665 Plague refuge at Milton's Cottage John Milton
  6. 1666 Secretary in Nuremberg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  7. 1666 Leaves Leipzig Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  8. 1666 Enrols at Altdorf Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  9. 1666 Defends legal doctorate thesis Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  10. 1667 Residence at Exeter House John Locke
  11. 1667 Frankfurt visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1667 Visit to Mainz Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  13. 1667 Birth in Dublin Jonathan Swift
  14. 1668 George Dandin at Versailles Molière
  15. 1670 Royal entertainment at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Molière
  16. 1670 Premiere of Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Molière
  17. 1671 Psyché at the Palais-Royal Molière
  18. 1672 Move to rue de Richelieu Molière
  19. 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  20. 1673 Residence with Madame de La Sablière Jean de La Fontaine
  21. 1673 Sent to Kilkenny School Jonathan Swift
  22. 1673 First London visit and Royal Society demonstration Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  23. 1673 Death in Paris Molière
  24. 1673 Final performance of Le Malade imaginaire Molière
  25. 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  26. 1674 Return to Oxford for medical degree John Locke
  27. 1674 Death at Bunhill Row John Milton
  28. 1675 Final residence at Chatsworth Thomas Hobbes
  29. 1675 Arrival in Paris on French journey John Locke
  30. 1675 Arrival and residence at Montpellier John Locke
  31. 1675 Arrival in Lyons John Locke
  32. 1676 Spring excursion to Avignon John Locke
  33. 1676 Spring excursion to Marseille John Locke
  34. 1676 Spring excursion to Toulon John Locke
  35. 1676 Leaves Paris for Hanover service Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  36. 1676 Second London visit Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  37. 1676 Conversations with Spinoza at The Hague Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  38. 1676 Arrives in Hanover Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  39. 1677 Arrival in Paris as tutor John Locke
  40. 1678 Second stay at Lyons John Locke
  41. 1678 Departure from Paris toward Rome John Locke
  42. 1678 Return to Montpellier John Locke
  43. 1678 Return to Paris after abandoned Rome journey John Locke
  44. 1679 Arrival in London after French travels John Locke
  45. 1679 Death at Hardwick Hall Thomas Hobbes
  46. 1680 Repeated Harz mining journeys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  47. 1681 Oxford Parliament activity John Locke
  48. 1682 Entered Trinity College Dublin Jonathan Swift
  49. 1683 Attendance at Shaftesbury funeral John Locke
  50. 1683 Exile begins in Amsterdam John Locke

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