Scientists
Who is known for discovering and popularizing the scientific method?
Francis Bacon
Who was the French mathematician who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities?
Who was the French writer known for his poems, plays, and books?
Voltaire
Who was widely regarded as one of the most influential enlightenment thinkers?
John Locke
Who was the ruler of the Habsburg Dominions from 1740-1780?
Maria Theresa of Austria
He is best known for explaining the motion of planes.
Johannes Kepler
Who was the English mathematician known for his theory of universal gravity?
Isaac Newton
Who was a British writer who was known for the vindication of the rights of women?
Mary Wollstonecraft
The study of the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
Philosophies
Who was the longest-reigning empress of Russia?
Catherine the Great of Russia
The first woman to discover a comet.
Maria Winklemann
Who was an active mathematician, astronomer, and catholic canon?
Nicholas Copernicus
Margaret Cavendish
The belief in enlightenment-era rationality and concern for social problems
Enlightened Absolutism
This war took place over nine years even though you would not think that.
The Seven Years War
Who invented the early microscope and the thermometer?
Galileo Galilei
Who created Geometry?
Rene Descartes
Who was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer?
Denis Diderot
He believed that humans possess a natural goodness.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The name of the first 10 amendments to the constitution.
The Bill of Rights
He lead his nation to wars against Austria.
Fredrick William II of Prussia
This is the first president of the United States.
George Washington
Who was one of the most influential and popular composers?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This French philosopher is known for the spirit of laws.
Montesquieu
He is best known for his surrender at the siege of Yorktown in 1781
General Cornwallis