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Friday, October 2, 2020

Basic timeline of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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This post is a basic timeline of philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716). There are 15 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1646: Born in Leipzig, Holy Roman Empire
• 1661: Enrolls at University of Leipzig
• 1666: Publishes On the Combinatorial Art
• 1669: Becomes assessor in the Court of Appeal
• 1670: Begins constructing calculating machines
• 1672: Moves to Paris, France
• 1673: Presents a calculating machine to the Royal Society
• 1676: Moves to Hanover, Germany
• 1677: Becomes Privy Counselor of Justice
• 1684: Publishes first work on calculus in Nova Methodus pro Maximis et Minimis
• 1686: Writes Discourse on Metaphysics
• 1695-1705: Writes New Essays on Human Understanding
• 1710: Publishes Theodicee
• 1714: Writes Monadology
• 1716: Died at age 70 in Hanover, Holy Roman Empire