Contents - History

• History of libertarianism

17th century

1640s

1. Levellers, 1646-1649.

1680s

1. John Locke (1632-1704), Two Treatises of Government, 1689.

18th century

1. Age of Enlightenment

1770s

1. Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, 1776.

1780s

1. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789.

19th century

• Classical liberalism

1840s

• Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850), The Law, 1850.

1850s

• Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), Social Statics, 1851.

20th century

1940s

1. Ayn Rand (1905-1982), The Fountainhead, 1943.
2. Foundation for Economic Education founded, 1946.
3. Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), Human Action, 1949.

1950s

1. Ayn Rand (1905-1982), Atlas Shrugged, 1957.

1960s

1. Reason magazine founded, 1968

1970s

1. Libertarian Party (United States) founded, 1972.
2. Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, 1974.
3. Cato Institute founded, 1977.

1980s

• Ed Clark gets 926,000 votes for POTUS.