Hobbes is born in Wiltshire, EnglandApr 5, 1588Labels: Thomas Hobbes, WiltshireBritannicaWorldHistory
Hobbes begins work for the Cavendish familyJan 1, 1608Labels: Cavendish family, Thomas HobbesWorldHistoryRoutledge REP
Publishes Thucydides translation on civil conflictJan 1, 1629Labels: Thucydides translation, Thomas HobbesColumbia LibrariesBritannica
Political crisis prompts writing of Elements of LawJan 1, 1640Labels: Elements of, Thomas HobbesStanford SEPGreatThinkers
Hobbes flees to Paris as conflict growsDec 1, 1640Labels: Paris exile, Thomas HobbesCambridge SkinnerNat Archives
De Cive published, outlining civil order theoryJan 1, 1642Labels: De Cive, Thomas HobbesBritannicaWikisource DNB
Hobbes tutors the future Charles IIJan 1, 1646Labels: Charles II, Thomas HobbesWorldHistoryRoutledge REP
Leviathan published, uniting materialism and politicsApr 1, 1651Labels: Leviathan, Thomas HobbesBritannicaStanford SEP
Returns to England and accepts Cromwell’s regimeDec 31, 1651Labels: Oliver Cromwell, Thomas HobbesBritannicaRoutledge REP
De Corpore published, stating Hobbes’s materialist frameworkJan 1, 1655Labels: De Corpore, Thomas HobbesBritannicaStanford SEP
De Homine published, extending materialism to human mindJan 1, 1658Labels: De Homine, Thomas HobbesStanford SEPBritannica
Leviathan investigated amid anti-atheism campaignJan 1, 1666Labels: Anti atheism, LeviathanBritannicaNat Archives
Latin Leviathan published with revisions and appendixJan 1, 1668Labels: Latin Leviathan, Thomas HobbesStanford SEPNat Archives
Hobbes dies after long career defending materialismDec 4, 1679Labels: Thomas Hobbes, Hardwick HallStanford SEPWorldHistory