1762
ID: 562
Joseph-Louis Lagrange develops calculus of variations into systematic theory
ID: 562
1762
ID: 565
Rousseau's paranoid flight across Europe begins - arrest warrant, develops persecution mania
ID: 565
1762
ID: 2268
Rousseau's Social Contract - general will theory, law as expression of popular sovereignty
ID: 2268
1762
ID: 563
April 1762
Rousseau's Social Contract: 'Man is born free, everywhere in chains' - 'forced to be free'
ID: 563
1762
ID: 564
May 1762
Rousseau's Emile - revolutionary educational treatise, child isolated from society, manipulated by tutor
ID: 564
1762
ID: 5994
July 9, 1762
Catherine II seizes throne in palace coup - deposes husband Peter III with Guard support, he dies mysteriously days later
ID: 5994