People
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- Johann Sebastian Bach
- He was born in 1685 in Germany, he was from a musical family, he had also studied music all of his life, and he had traveled and bought new music ideas to churches.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- He was born in 1756 in Austria. He was raised form a musical family and he liked classical styles, and he had rebelled against church rules.
- Voltaire
- His nationalty was that he was french. The book he had written was called Candide. He believed free speach.
- Eugene Delacroix
- He was born in 1798 in France, and he was a romantic guy.
- Frederick the Great
- He was the ruler of Prussia. He centralized the government and put it under his control.
- Peter the Great
- He became the ruler of Russia when he was 22. He believed that his country must westernize in order to be successful.
- Charles II
- He was an english king who was removed as king from the glorious revolution.
- Louis XIV
- He was recognized as one of the most powerful monarchs of Europe. He ruled for 72 years and was known as the Sun King. He most famous for saying I am the state, and he also moved the capital from Paris to Versailles which became a symbol of power.
- Galileo Galilei
- built a telescope and was the first to make regular observations with it.
- William and Mary
- Parliament replaced James II with his daughter and they are one married couple.
- Oliver Cromwell
- He was chosen by parliment to rule england after the english civil war.
- Nicholas Copernicus
- published on the Revolution of the Heavenly Spheres in 1543. He stated his heliocentric theory of the universe, which was a closer to accurate, but still flawed.
- John Locke
- He was born on 1632 and died on 1704. The book he had written was called Two Treatises of the Government. And his nationalty was that he was english. His major beleifs was that people arer by nature good and should be given freedom.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau
- He was French, and had written the social contract, and he had believed that human beings are naturally good and free.
- Johannes Kepler
- a German mathematician, confirmed the heliocentric theory with observations. He also showed that the planets moved in ellipses rather than perfect circles.
- William Harvey
- published On the Motion of the Heart and Blood (1628).
- Miguel de Cervantes
- He had considered the 1st novel About a man who wanders throught the counrtyside thinking that he's a knight.
- Montesquieu
- He was French and he had written a book called The spirit of laws, and he believed that power was within the government
- Isaac Newton
- Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, defined the laws of motion and gravity.