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LEIBNIZ's LIFE and WORKS.

Hannover and Wien Years (1711-1716)

YEAR EVENTS, PUBLISHINGS, WRITINGS note
1711
Oct
met Peter the Great (czar of Russia).

at the wedding of Peter and a granddaughter of Anton Ulrich (Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel), so called a marriage of convenience. Afterwards, Leibniz contacts Peter some times, talks about the modernization of Russia (legal reformation, academy of science).
1712
Dec
went to Wien.

to get more honorable job (Reichshofrat). Stays there until September of 1714 and makes efforts to prepare the society of science in Wien. Leibniz has begun to feel discomfort in Hannover.
1714
Aug
Georg Ludwig became the King of England (George 1).

Leibniz's promotion has born fruit, but no reward to him. He wants to go to England with the new King, but is refused.
1714
Jul
to
1715
Jan
La Monadologie

an unsent paper written for Nicola-François Rémond (an enthusiastic Leibniz fan). Original text is not published until 1840.
German trans. is published in 1720 ( Lehrsätze über die Monadologie, von Gott, seiner Existenz, seinen Eigenschaften, und der Seele des Menschen..., trans. by Heinrich Koehler).
Latin trans. in 1721 (Principia philosophiae, trans. by M. G. Hansch, in Acta Eruditorum Supplementa).
note
1714
Jun
to
Jul
Principes de la nature et de la grace, fondés en raison

a paper sent to Eugene, Prince of Savoy. First published in 1718 on the French magazine, l'Europe savante.
1715
Nov
to
1716
Oct
correspondence with Samuel Clarke (a friend of Newton).

interrupted by the death of Leibniz. Their correspondence is published in 1717. Clarke was to translate Essais de Théodicée into English.
1716 Discours sur la théologie naturelle des Chinois

an unsent letter to Nicola Rémond.
1716
Nov
died

on Nov. 14, Saturday night, in Hannover at his house. Age of 70.

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