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Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

7 dated entries naming Francis Bacon, drawn from 6 separate years between 1561 CE and 1626 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1561January 22 – Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher, scientist, and statesman (d. 1626)source
  • 1597The first edition of Francis Bacon's Essays is published.source

17th century

  • 1605Francis Bacon's Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human is published in London.source
  • 1617December 30 – Lord Clifton is imprisoned at the Tower of London for threatening Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor. Clifton is prosecuted by the Star Chamber on March 17 and eventually commits suicide in Fleet Prison.source
  • 1617March 7 – Francis Bacon is appointed as Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England and is designated by King James I to serve as regent during the time that the King of England is away from Westminster to travel to Scotland.source
  • 1620Francis Bacon publishes the Novum Organum (beyond Aristotle's Organon) on logical thinking. 1.source
  • 1626April 9 – Francis Bacon, English scientist and statesman (b. 1561)source

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