Ranging from 1601-1700 concentrated on a cultural movement and was very involved with modern science and philosophy.http://www.mahalo.com/answers/history/who-are-the-most-famous-figures-from-the-17th-century#a3394d45b2a60e80a57062740213b404a9f623a8f8578452394a0d695f8b727dc
Famous Figures
- Galileo Galilei - Italy
- Rene Descartes - France
- Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia - Italy
- Isaac Newton - Britan
- Mary Beale - England
- John Locke - Britan
- Thomas Hobbes - England
- Miyamoto Musashi - Japan
- Rembrandt van Rijn - Netherlands
- Queen Elizabeth I - England
- King Louis XIV - France
- Peter the Great - Russia
- William Shakespeare - England
- Elizabeth Bathory - Poland
Powerful Empires
- British Empire - (1583-1945)
- Ottoman Empire - (1299-1922)
- Qing Dynasty - (1644-1912)
- Habsburg Monarchy - (1278-1780)
- Swedish Empire - (1611-1718)
- Mughal Empire - (1526 - 1707)
- Ming Dynasty - (1368-1644)
Famous Inventions
Wars and Conflicts
The 1690s
- September 14. 1692: Diego de Vargas, after an exile of 12 years, successfully led Spanish colonists to Santa Fe, New Mexico to retake the city after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
The 1660s
- September 8, 1664: The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British who rename it New York.
- September 2, 1666: The Great Fire of London of London begins inside a bakery on Pudding Lane. The Fire would burn until September 5 damaging much of London
The 1650s
- September 15, 1656: Koprulu Mehmed Pasha was offered and became appointed Grand Visor of the Ottoman Empire.
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