Region

Europe

Greece, Rome, the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern Europe — the crucible of Western thought.

Figures from this region120

Plato

428–347 BCE

Philosopher · Founder of the Academy

48s

Aristotle

384–322 BCE

Philosopher · Polymath · Founder of the Lyceum

48s

Filippo Brunelleschi

1377–1446 CE

Architect · Engineer · The Architect of the Renaissance

48s

Martin Luther

1483–1546 CE

Theologian · Reformer · Translator

48s

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756–1791 CE

Composer · Classical Era

48s

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770–1827 CE

Composer · The Bridge to Romanticism

48s

Marie Curie

1867–1934 CE

Physicist · Chemist · Two-time Nobel Laureate

48s

Julius Caesar

100–44 BCE

General · Statesman · Dictator of Rome

48s

Winston Churchill

1874–1965 CE

British Prime Minister · War Leader · Author

Stephen Hawking

1942–2018 CE

Theoretical Physicist · Cosmologist

Voltaire

1694–1778 CE

Philosopher · Satirist · Essayist of the Enlightenment

Mary Wollstonecraft

1759–1797 CE

Philosopher · Feminist · Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Countries

Key Events

508 BCE

Athenian Democracy

Cleisthenes reforms Athens — birth of democracy.

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