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Enlightenment

1650 CE – 1800 CE · 87 moments

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

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EnlightenmentDutch East India Company Station At The Cape1652 CE

Highlights from the Enlightenment

A handful of moments to step inside. Open the map for all 87.

Dutch East India Company Station At The Cape1652 CE Great Fire Of London1666 CE Leeuwenhoek Observes Microorganisms In Delft1676 CE Great Mosque Of Hohhot Completed1693 CE Blackbeard Blockades Charleston1718 CE Mary Toft Rabbit Hoax In Godalming1726 CE Venice Carnival Masked Ball1750 CE Catherine The Great Coup At Winter Palace1762 CE Bavarian Illuminati Founded In Ingolstadt1776 CE Herschel Discovers Uranus1781 CE Storming Of The Bastille1789 CE Jenner First Smallpox Vaccination1796 CE