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Enlightenment

1650 CE – 1800 CE · 103 moments

Reason, revolution, and the rights of man. Salons, telescopes, and new republics rewrite who gets to hold power.

EnlightenmentDutch East India Company Station at the Cape1652 CE

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EnlightenmentDutch East India Company Station at the Cape1652 CE

Highlights from the Enlightenment

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Dutch East India Company Station at the Cape1652 CE Vermeer Paints Girl with a Pearl Earring1665 CE Gardens of Versailles1682 CE Salem Witch Trials Begin1692 CE Blackbeard Blockades Charleston1718 CE Bach St Matthew Passion Premiere1727 CE Handel's Royal Fireworks1749 CE Battle of Prague6 May 1757 Cook Claims Eastern Australia at Possession Island1770 CE Signing of the Declaration of Independence1776 CE Emerald Buddha Installed at Wat Phra Kaew1785 CE Metric System Adopted in France1795 CE