Born
1713
Died
1784
Nationality
French
Events involving Denis Diderot (4)
1742
ID: 516
Rousseau arrives in Paris with musical notation system, enters salons through Diderot and d'Alembert
ID: 516
1749
ID: 533
Rousseau's 'illumination' on road to Vincennes visiting imprisoned Diderot - vision that civilization corrupts
ID: 533
1751
ID: 538
Diderot's Encyclopedia begins - systematic replacement of Christian worldview with hidden materialism
ID: 538
1768
ID: 572
Diderot's 'Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage' portrays sexual freedom of 'natural' Tahitian society
ID: 572