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1712 CE - 1778 CE: Life of the Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
1712 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born in Geneva, Switzerland.
1750 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his First Discourse.
1755 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his Second Discourse.
1761 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his bestselling novel Julie, ou La Nouvelle Héloïse.
1762 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes The Social Contract.
1762 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his treatise on education Émile.
1770 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau publishes his Confessions.
1778 CE: Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies in Ermononville, France.