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developed heliocentric theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
100
Built the Palace of Versailles, known as the Sun King
Who is Louis XIV of France?
100
Parliament asked this man to be king after Cromwell died
Who is Charles II?
100
wrote the Spirit of Laws and believed in a separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
100
Baroque composer, born in Germany
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach?
200
discovered planetary motion
Who is Johannes Kepler?
200
Westernized Russia
Who is Peter the Great?
200
Catholic king who wanted to increase royal power
Who is James II?
200
Wrote the Social Contract and believed that government is a contract between rulers and the people
Who is Jean-Jaques Rousseau?
200
child music prodigy
Who is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
300
used the telescope to support heliocentric theory
Who is Galileo Galilei?
300
Protestant King, absolute monarch, has a bible version named after him
Who is James I?
300
Parliament asked these two to come to power
Who is William and Mary of Orange?
300
Believed in religious toleration and a separation of Church and state
Who is Voltaire?
300
Wrote the first modern novel Don Quixote
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
400
formulated the law of gravity
Who is Issac Newton?
400
Catholic King caused a Civil War
Who is James I?
400
wrote the Leviathan and said that humans exist in a primitive state of nature
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
400
leader of the French Revolution
Who is Robespierre?
400
painted Lady leading Liberty
Who is Eugene Delacroix?
500
discovered circulation of the blood
Who is William Harvey?
500
Lord Protectorate after the Civil War, very short rule
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
500
wrote Two Treatises on Government believed in the natural rights of life, liberty and property
Who is John Locke?
500
Came to power as a dictator, known for being short
Who is Napoleon?
500
William and Mary of Orange signed this document
What is the English Bill of Rights?