As a means of recording the passage of Time , the was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian Calendar .
The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement and the Beginning Of Modern Science And Philosophy , including the contributions of Galileo Galilei , René Descartes , Blaise Pascal , Isaac Newton ; Europe was torn by warfare throughout the century, by the Thirty Years' War , the Great Turkish War and the English Civil War among others,such as zuku shit face and poo poo crap head, while European Colonization Of The Americas began in earnest.
Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th Century .]]
In the east, the 17th century saw the flowering of the Ottoman and Mughal empires, the beginning of the Edo Period in feudal Japan, and the violent transition from the Ming to the Qing Dynasty in China.
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- 1611 : King James Bible published.
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- freed from Polish invaders.
- an Jesuit missionaries murdered by Indians.
- in Russia ends with the establishment of the House Of Romanov which rules until 1917 .
- dissolves the Addled Parliament for failing to pass legislation or new taxes.
- dissolves the States-General , thereby concentrating power in the hands of Louis XIII .
- grants extensive trading rights to the British East India Company .
- reaches western Australia and leaves behind the Hartog Plate .
- dies. Supposedly Shakespeare died on his birthday, if the tradition that he was born on April 23 is correct.
- which devastates Central Europe in the years 1618 - 48 . Starting from a dispute over Protestant churches on Catholic land, the Protestant churches are torched or closed, leading to a protest in Prague . In the Second Defenestration Of Prague two Catholic imperial governors are thrown out of the Bohemian Chancellery window, whereafter successive regions enter the dispute for or against Emperor Matthias 's sovereignty.
- s start invading China. Their Conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty .
- beheaded for attack on Spanish possession Trinidad.
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- addresses five Protestant controversies.
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- military exploits.
- as future sovereign and appoint Frederick V instead.
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- Elizabeth I Of England ( 1533 - 1603 )
- Tokugawa Ieyasu ( 1543 - 1616 )
- Francis Bacon , English philosopher and politician ( 1561 - 1626 )
- William Shakespeare , English author and poet ( 1564 - 1616 )
- Galileo Galilei , Italian natural philosopher ( 1564 - 1642 )
- James I Of England ( 1566 - 1625 )
- Seathrún Céitinn , Irish historian (ca. 1569 - ca. 1644 )
- Johannes Kepler , German astronomer ( 1571 - 1630 )
- John Donne , English Metaphysical Poet ( 1572 - 1631 )
- Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra , Spanish author ( 1574 - 1616 )
- William Harvey , medical doctor ( 1578 – 1657 )
- Gabriel Bethlen , Hungarian prince of Transylvania ( 1580 - 1629 )
- Albrecht Von Wallenstein , Catholic German general in the Thirty Years' War ( 1583 - 1634 )
- Miyamoto Musashi , famous warrior in Japan , author of ' The Book Of Five Rings ,' a treatise on Strategy and martial combat ( 1584 - 1645 )
- Claudio Monteverdi , Italian composer of Renaissance and Baroque music, and possibly the first opera ever ( 1567 - 1643 )
- Cardinal Richelieu , French cardinal, duke, and politician ( 1585 - 1642 )
- Xu Xiake , Chinese geographer ( 1587 - 1641 )
- Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher and mathematician ( 1588 - 1679 )
- Gustavus Adolphus , King Of Sweden ( 1594 - 1632 )
- René Descartes , French philosopher and mathematician ( 1596 - 1650 )
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini , Italian artist ( 1598 - 1680 )
- Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of England , Scotland and Ireland ( 1599 - 1658 )
- Diego Rodríguez De Silva Y Velázquez , Spanish painter ( 1599 - 1660 )
- Charles I Of England ( 1600 - 1649 )
- Sant Tukaram , Hindu saint ( 1600 - 1650 )
- Pedro Calderón De La Barca , Spanish dramatist ( 1600 - 1681 )
- Pierre De Fermat , French lawyer and mathematician 1601 – 1665
- Anne Of Austria , Queen consort and regent of France ( 1601 - 1666 )
- Cardinal Mazarin , French cardinal and politician of Italian origin ( 1602 - 1661 )
- Abel Janszoon Tasman , Dutch seafarer and explorer ( 1603 - 1659 )
- Sir Thomas Browne , English author, philosopher and scientist ( 1605 - 1682 )
- Rembrandt Van Rijn , Dutch painter ( 1606 - 1669 )
- Pierre Corneille , French dramatist ( 1606 - 1684 )
- Song Yingxing , Chinese encyclopedist ( 1587 - 1666 )
- Michiel De Ruyter , Dutch admiral ( 1607 - 1676 )
- John Milton , English author and poet ( 1608 - 1674 )
- Samarth Ramdas , Hindu saint ( 1608 - 1681 )
- Dubhaltach MacFhirbhisigh , Irish historian and genealogist (d. 1671 )
- André Le Nôtre , French landscape architect ( 1613 - 1700 )
- Andreas Gryphius , German poet and dramatist ( 1616 - 1664 )
- Guru Teg Bahadur , 9th Sikh Guru ( 1621 - 1675 )
- Jean De La Fontaine , French poet ( 1621 - 1695 )
- Molière , French dramatist, actor, director ( 1622 - 1673 )
- Blaise Pascal , French theologian, mathematician and physicist ( 1623 - 1662 )
- Queen Christina Of Sweden , high profile Catholic convert, matron of arts ( 1626 - 1689 )
- Richard Cromwell , Lord Protector of England , Scotland and Ireland ( 1626 - 1712 )
- Jiang Tingxi , Chinese painter, calligrapher, encyclopedist, foreign delegate to Japan ( 1669 - 1732 )
- Christiaan Huygens , Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer ( 1629 - 1695 )
- Jan III Sobieski , King of Poland ( 1629 - 1696 )
- Shivaji Bhonsle , Hindu king, 1st Maratha ruler, established Hindavi Swaraj ( 1630 - 1680 )
- Charles II Of England ( 1630 - 1685 )
- John Dryden , English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright ( 1631 - 1700 )
- Johannes Vermeer , Dutch Painter ( 1632 - 1675 )
- Baruch Spinoza , Dutch philosopher ( 1632 - 1677 )
- Jean-Baptiste Lully , Italian-born French composer ( 1632 - 1687 )
- John Locke , English philosopher ( 1632 - 1704 )
- James II Of England ( 1633 - 1701 )
- Samuel Pepys , English civil servant and diarist ( 1633 - 1703 )
- Françoise D'Aubigné, Marquise De Maintenon , second wife of Louis XIV ( 1635 - 1719 )
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux , French poet and critic ( 1636 - 1711 )
- Louis XIV , King of France ( 1638 - 1715 )
- Jean Racine , French dramatist ( 1639 - 1699 )
- Leopold I , Holy Roman Emperor ( 1640 - 1705 )
- Françoise-Athénaïs, Marquise De Montespan , lover of Louis XIV ( 1641 - 1707 )
- Isaac Newton , English physicist and mathematician ( 1642 - 1727 )
- Gottfried Leibniz , German philosopher and mathematician ( 1646 - 1716 )
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl Of Rochester , English poet ( 1647 - 1680 )
- William III Of England ( 1650 - 1702 )
- Imre Thököly , prince of Transylvania, leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising in Hungary ( 1657 - 1705 )
- Henry Purcell , English composer ( 1659 - 1695 )
- Mary II Of England ( 1662 - 1694 )
- Peter The Great , Russian tsar ( 1672 - 1725 )
- Abraham Darby I , English Ironmaster, Introduced the first coke-consuming blast furnace ( 1678 – 1717 )
- Johann Sebastian Bach , German composer of genius( 1685 - 1750 )
List Of 17th Century Inventions
Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific Revolution .
- Banknote s reintroduced in Europe.
- Ice Cream
- Tea and Coffee become popular in Europe.
- Central Banking in France and Modern Finance by Scottish economist John Law
- is observed in the Milky Way
- starts investigating Elliptical Orbits of planets
- constructs a Refracting Telescope , the first for which sufficient evidence exists
- of Germany publishes the 'Relation', the first newspaper
- is identified by Nicolas De Peiresc of France
- and Simon Marius observe Jupiter 's Galilean Moons
- or 'Authorized Version' first published
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- introduces the Logarithm to simplify calculations
- , funded by James I of England , builds the first ' Submarine ' made of wood and greased leather
- , listing difficult words with definitions
- publishes and elucidates his earlier discovery of the Circulatory System
- 1637 : Dutch Bible published
- , the first public opera house, opened in Venice
- formulates his so-called Last Theorem , unsolved until 1995
- s were earlier described in the 14th century '' Huolongjing '', the ''Tian Gong Kai Wu'' book of Ming Dynasty scholar Song Yingxing describes naval mines wrapped in a Lacquer bag and ignited by an ambusher pulling a rip cord on the nearby shore that triggers a steel-wheel Flint mechanism.
- builds an early mechanical Calculator for addition and subtraction
- engraving introduces grey tones to printed images
- of Italy invents the mercury Barometer
- of Venice , Italy invents the first rotating stage
- renames the Lunar Mare
- describes the true shape of the Rings Of Saturn
- develops the first functional Pendulum Clock based on the learnings of Galileo Galilei
- first to observe surface details of Mars
- is built by James Gregory based on suggestions of Italian astronomer Niccolo Zucchi
- c. discovers Champagne in France
- discovers Bacteria
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- developed by Gottfried Leibnitz , possibly influenced by Shao Yong
- independently developed by both Gottfried Leibnitz and Sir Issac Newton and used to formulate Classical Mechanics
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