BLAISE PASCAL
A Look at His Work in Apologetics, the Pensées
By
Michael C. Meyer
A paper prepared for
David A. Dorman, Ph.D., Professor
GTHE501/History of the Modern Church
March 11, 2003
A CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BLAISE PASCAL (1623-1662) 1
LIFE AND WORK OF PASCAL HISTORICAL EVENTS
1623 Born in Clermont-Ferrand, June 19. Death of Pope Gregory XV. Alliance between France, Savoy, and Venice.
1626 Death of his mother, Antoinette.
1631 Family moves to Paris, his father Plays of Comeille, Mairet, Balzac
Étienne appointed to government post. being shown in Paris.
1635 Blaise begins to show his Formation of scientific academy
precocity in science. by P.Mersenne, one of the first in Europe.
1640 Pascal family moves to Rouen. Monetary reform in France.
Étienne appointed Tax Commissioner. First
publication of Pascal, "Essay on Cones."
1642 Pascal's first attempt to make End of English Civil War:......
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