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1617: Panembahan ing Alaga of Mataram puts down a major revolt in Pajang. 1618: The Defenestration of Prague. 1618: The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War, which devastates Europe in the years 1618–48. 1618: Bethlen Gabor, Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
1470 – Cape Palmas is passed. [3] 1472 – Fernão do Pó lands on the island of Bioko. [4] 1473 – Lopo Gonçalves is the first European sailor to cross the Equator. [3][4] 1474–75 – Ruy de Sequeira discovers São Tomé and Príncipe. [4] 1482 – Diogo Cão reaches the Congo River, where he erects a padrão ("pillar of stone").
Louis XIV visiting the Académie des sciences in 1671: "It is widely accepted that 'modern science' arose in the Europe of the 17th century, introducing a new understanding of the natural world"—Peter Barrett [241] Antoine Lavoisier conducting an experiment related to combustion generated by amplified sun light
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
The 17th century saw very little peace in Europe – major wars were fought in 95 years (every year except 1610, 1669 to 1671, and 1680 to 1682.) [12] The wars were unusually ugly. Europe in the late 17th century, 1648 to 1700, was an age of great intellectual, scientific, artistic and cultural achievement. Historian Frederick Nussbaum says it was:
The Mayflower II, a replica of the 17th century English sailing ship Mayflower which transported a group of Pilgrim families from England to the New World in 1620. The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail.
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, History of the formation of the United Kingdom and History of the United Kingdom