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17th centuryAs a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar.
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar. Events 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s Main article: Charles IX of Sweden [i] ... . - 1656: Velázquez paints Las Meninas, painted in 1656 [i], is the most famous of the works by the Spanish [i] painter Diego Velzquez [i] ...
1660s 1670s 1680s ... for France. 1690s Significant people - Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden .
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician .
- Johann Sebastian Bach, genial german composer
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, spanish painter
- Pierre Corneille, French dramatist
- William Harvey, medical doctor
- Jean Racine, French dramatist
- Molière, French dramatist, actor, director
- Jean de La Fontaine French poet
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux French poet and critic
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian artist
- Jean-Baptiste Lully Italian-born French compsoer
- André Le Nôtre French landscape architect
- Gabriel Bethlen, Hungarian prince of Transylvania
- Sir Thomas Browne
... , English author, philosopher and scientist . , also known as Cartesius, was a noted French philosopher [i], mathematician [i]... , French philosopher and mathematician ... , German poet and dramatist ... , German philosopher and mathematician ... , English author and poet - Miyamoto Musashi, famous warrior in Japan, author of The Book of Five Rings, a treatise on strategy and martial combat.
- Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician
- Blaise Pascal, French theologian, mathematician and physicist
- Pierre de Fermat French lawyer and mathematician 1601 – 1665
- Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist
- Henry Purcell, English composer
- Samarth Ramdas, Hindu Saint
- Sant Tukaram, Hindu Saint
- Anne of Austria
... Queen consort and regent of France ... Spanish dramatist - Shivaji Bhonsle, Hindu King, 1st Maratha ruler, established Hindavi Swaraj.
- Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher
- Seathrún Céitinn, Irish historian
- Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland
- Imre Thököly, prince of Transylvania, leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising in Hungary
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, German General in the Thirty Years' War, Catholic
- William III of England .
- Abel Janszoon Tasman , was a Dutch seafarer and explorer.
- Michiel de Ruyter , Dutch admiral
- Guru Teg Bahadur, , 9th Sikh Guru
- Peter The Great, , Russian greatest King
Inventions, discoveries, introductions List of 17th century inventions Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific revolution. - Calculus is invented and used to formulate classical mechanics.
- First measurement of the speed of light, 1676.
- Banknotes were reintroduced in Europe.
- Ice cream
- Tea and coffee become popular in Europe.
- Central Banking in France and modern Finance by Scottish economist John Law.
- 1609: Johann Carolas of Germany published the 'Relation', the first newspaper
- 1610: The Orion Nebula was identified by Nicolas de Peiresc of France
- c. 1612: The first flintlock musket was likely created for Louis XIII of France by gunsmith Marin de Bourgeoys
- 1620: Funded by James I of England, Cornelius Drebbei built the first 'submarine' made of wood and greased leather
- 1623: The first English dictonary, 'English Dictionarie' was published by Henry Cockeram, listing difficult words with definitions
- 1642: Mezzotint engraving introduced grey tones to printed images
- 1643: Evangelista Torricelli of Italy invented the mercury Barometer
- 1645: Giacomo Torelli of Venice, Italy invented the first rotating stage
- 1657: Christiaan Huygens developed the first functional pendulum clock based on the learnings of Galileo Galilei
- 1663: The first reflecting telescope was built by James Gregory based on suggestions of Italian astronomer Niccolo Zucchi
- c. 1670: Monk Dom Perignon discovered Champagne in France
- 1676: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek
Van Leeuwenhoek's early discoveries in the field of microbiology can be likened to Galileo's [i] ... fist discovered Bacteria ... , possibly influenced by Shao Yung ... and Sir Issac NewtonDecades and years
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