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Traditional dating: start with Louis XIV’s death (1715) and end with the French Revolution’s outbreak (1789).
The Enlightenment is generally dated from the late 17th century into the 18th century, emerging in Western Europe and reaching its peak as its ideas spread more widely across Europe and into European colonies. One traditional European-historians framework dates its beginning to the death of Louis XIV in 1715 and its end to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. Other historians instead place the end of the Enlightenment in the early 19th century, with some proposing as late as 1804 (the death of Immanuel Kant).
Traditional dating: start with Louis XIV’s death (1715) and end with the French Revolution’s outbreak (1789).
Alternative dating: the Enlightenment’s end may extend into the early 19th century, with some historians citing Kant’s death (1804).
The movement’s rise is linked to earlier intellectual developments (especially the Scientific Revolution), and its peak is associated with 18th-century diffusion of Enlightenment ideas.
The historical practice of dividing the Enlightenment into time spans (start and end points) for study and comparison.
A period of intellectual and cultural flourishing in Europe emphasizing reason, empirical evidence, and reformist political and social ideals.
A commonly used endpoint for traditional Enlightenment periodization because it signaled major political transformation in Europe.
A traditional marker for the beginning of the Enlightenment in European historiography.
A later proposed endpoint for the Enlightenment, used by some historians to extend the period into the early 19th century.
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