| Year(s) |
Topic |
Event |
Locations |
| |
| 1670 |
Philosophy (anonymous) |
Baruch Spinoza: Theological-Political Treatise (1670) |
Netherlands |
| 1672 |
Philosophy |
Samuel von Pufendorf: De jure naturae et gentium libri octo (The Law of Nature and Nations in 8 Books) |
Germany |
| 1677 |
Philosophy (posthum.) |
Baruch Spinoza: Ethics (1676) |
Netherlands |
| 1682 |
Religion |
Pierre Bayle: Diverse Thoughts on the Comet (of 1680) |
France |
| 1687 |
Science |
Isaac Newton: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy |
England |
| 1689, 1690, 1691 |
Philosophy |
John Locke: A Letter Concerning Toleration, Two Treatises on Government, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
England |
| 1697, 1702, 1709 |
Philosophy |
Pierre Bayle: Dictionnaire Historique et Critique (the Historical and Critical Dictionary) |
England |
| 1700 |
Early Feminism |
Mary Astell: Some Reflections on Marriage (online text) |
England |
| 1711 |
Philosophy |
Third Earl of Shaftesbury: Characteristics of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times |
England |
| 1714 |
Philosophy |
Gottfried Leibniz: Monadology |
Germany |
| 1714 |
Philosophy |
Bernard Mandeville: The Fable of the Bees |
Germany |
The "Official" Enlightenment - (When most historians say it began)
|
| 1719 |
Literature |
Daniel Defoe: Robinson Crusoe |
England |
| 1721 |
Literature |
Montesquieu: Lettres persanes (Persian Letters) |
England |
| 1725 | Philosophy | Francis Hutcheson: Inquiry concerning Beauty, Order, Harmony and Design - and - Inquiry concerning Moral Good and Evil | Scotland |
| 1725 | Philosophy | Giambattista Vico: The New Science | Italy |
| 1726 | Literature | Johnathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels | Irish |
| 1728 | Philosophy | Francis Hutcheson: Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections - and - Illustrations upon the Moral Sense | Scotland |
| 1733 |
Travelogue |
Voltaire: Letters Concerning the English Nation |
England |
| 1734 - 1735 |
Literature |
Alexander Pope: An Essay on Man |
England |
| 1738 - 1740 |
Philosophy |
David Hume: A Treatise of Human Nature |
Scotland |
| 1747 |
Philosophy |
Julien Offray de La Mettrie: L'homme Machine (Man a Machine) |
France |
| 1748 |
Philosophy |
Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws |
France |
| 1748 |
Philosophy |
David Hume: An Equiry Concerning Human Understanding |
Scotland |
| 1749 - 1789 |
Philosophy |
Comte de Buffon: Natural History (36 vols) |
Germany |
| 1749 |
Philosophy |
Denis Diderot: Letter on the Blind |
Germany |
| 1751 - 1772 |
Philosophy |
Denis Diderot & Jean le Rond d'Alembert publish the Encyclopédie |
Paris |
| 1751 |
Philosophy |
David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning the Principle of Morals |
Scotland |
| 1754 |
Philosophy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Discourse on the Origin and Basis of the Inequality of Men |
Geneva |
| 1756 |
Law |
William Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England |
England |
| 1756 |
History |
Voltaire: Essay on the Customs and the Spirit of the Nations |
England |
| 1758 |
Philosophy |
Claude Adrien Helvétius: De l'esprit (On Mind) |
France |
| 1758 |
Philosophy |
Emer de Vattel: The Laws of Nations |
France |
| 1759 |
Literature |
Voltaire: Candide |
Scotland |
| 1759 |
Philosophy |
Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments |
Scotland |
| 1762 |
Philosophy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: The Social Contract |
Geneva |
| 1762 |
Philosophy |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Emile, or On Education |
Geneva |
| 1765 |
Philosophy |
Pub. of Leibniz: New Essays Concerning Human Understanding |
Germany |
| 1764 |
Philosophy |
Cesare Beccaria: On Crimes and Punishment |
Milan |
| 1767
| Philosophy |
Adam Ferguson: Essay on the History of Civil Society |
Scotland |
| 1769 |
Philosophy |
Denis Diderot: D'Alembert's Dream |
Paris |
| 1770 |
Philosophy |
Baron d'Holbach: The System of Nature |
Paris |
| 1770 |
Philosophy |
Guillaume-Thomas Raynal: History of the Two Indies |
Paris |
| 1771 |
Travelogue |
Comte de Bougainville: Voyage Around the World |
Paris |
| 1776 | Philosophy | Thomas Paine: Common Sense | Scotland |
| 1776 | Philosophy | Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations | Scotland |
| 1779 |
Philosophy |
Hume (posthum): Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion |
Scotland |
| 1781 |
Philosophy |
Immanuel Kant: Critique of Pure Reason |
Prussia |
| 1788 |
Philosophy |
Immanuel Kant: Critique of Practical Reason |
Prussia |
| (1780),1789 |
Philosophy |
Jeremy Bentham proposes utilitarianism in The Principles of Morals and Legislation |
England |
| 1790 |
Philosophy |
Immanuel Kant: Critique of Judgement |
England |
| 1790 |
Philosophy |
Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France |
Prussia |
| 1791 |
Philosophy |
Thomas Paine: The Rights of Man |
England |
| 1792 |
Early Feminism |
Mary Wollstonecraft: Vindication of the Rights of Women |
English |
| 1795 |
Philosophy |
Marquis de Condorset: Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind |
French |
| 1807 |
Philosophy |
G.W.F. Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit |
Germany |
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