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1561 CE - 1626 CE: Life of the statesman and philosopher Francis Bacon.
1561 CE: Francis Bacon is born in London.
1573 CE: Francis Bacon begins his law studies at the University of Cambridge.
1584 CE: Francis Bacon is elected a member of Parliament.
1596 CE: Francis Bacon is appointed to the Queen's Counsel.
1603 CE: Francis Bacon is knighted by James I of England.
1605 CE: Francis Bacon publishes The Advancement of Learning, the first in a series of works expounding his scientific method.
1618 CE: Sir Francis Bacon is made 1st Baron Verulam.
1618 CE: Francis Bacon breifly serves as Lord Chancellor.
1620 CE: Francis Bacon publishes Novum Organum, outlining the fundamentals of his scientific method.
1621 CE: Sir Francis Bacon is given the title Viscount St. Albans.
1623 CE: Francis Bacon publishes his De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum, which further outlines his new scientific method.
1626 CE: New Atlantis by Francis Bacon is published. It describes a utopian state where Bacon's scientific method is employed.
1626 CE: Francis Bacon dies of a severe cold.
1627 CE: Francis Bacon's unfinished work on natural history, Sylva Sylvarum is published.