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The '''17th Century''' was that [[century]] which lasted from [[1601]] to [[1700]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].
The '''17th Century''' was that [[century]] which lasted from [[1601]] to [[1700]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]].


The 17th Century falls into the [[Early Modern]] period of Europe and was characterized by the [[Baroque]] cultural movement, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by [[Louis XIV]], and the [[Scientific Revolution|beginning of modern science and philosophy]], including the contributions by bloody warfare throughout the century, by the [[Thirty Years' War]],<ref name="TYW-WNEC">{{cite web|url=http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/30yearswar.html|title=The Thirty-Years-War
The 17th Century falls into the SH*T, SH*T [[Early Modern]] period of Europe and was characterized by the [[Baroque]] cultural movement, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by [[Louis XIV]], and the [[Scientific Revolution|beginning of modern science and philosophy]], including the contributions by bloody warfare throughout the century, by the [[Thirty Years' War]],<ref name="TYW-WNEC">{{cite web|url=http://mars.wnec.edu/~grempel/courses/wc2/lectures/30yearswar.html|title=The Thirty-Years-War
|publisher=Western New England College|accessdate=2008-05-24}}</ref> the [[Great Turkish War]], the end of the [[Dutch Revolt]] and the [[English Civil War]] among others, while [[European colonization of the Americas]] began in earnest.
|publisher=Western New England College|accessdate=2008-05-24}}</ref> the [[Great Turkish War]], the end of the [[Dutch Revolt]] and the [[English Civil War]] among others, while [[European colonization of the Americas]] began in earnest.


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The 17th Century was that century which lasted from 1601 to 1700 in the Gregorian calendar.

The 17th Century falls into the SH*T, SH*T Early Modern period of Europe and was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis XIV, and the beginning of modern science and philosophy, including the contributions by bloody warfare throughout the century, by the Thirty Years' War,[1] the Great Turkish War, the end of the Dutch Revolt and the English Civil War among others, while European colonization of the Americas began in earnest.

In the east, the 17th Century saw the flowering of the Ottoman, Persian 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.

The Scientific Revolution ended in the late 17th century.

Events

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th century
Catholic general Albrecht von Wallenstein
Persian Ambassador during his entry into Kraków for the wedding ceremonies of King Sigismund III of Poland in 1605.
James I of England and VI of Scotland
The Night Watch or The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, 1642. Oil on canvas; on display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Miyamoto Musashi having his fortune told. Print c.1847–1853
Map of Europe in 1648 at the end of the Thirty Years' War

1600–1609

1610s

1620s

1630s

1640s

1650s

1660s

Sultan Mehmed IV

1670s

1680s

Crimean Tatar soldier fighting with the soldier of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Europe's steppe frontier was in a state of semi-permanent warfare until the 18th century.

1690s

Significant people

See also: English Restoration
Peter Paul Rubens, Anne of Austria, Queen of France, mother of King Louis XIV, 1622–1625
Elias Gottlieb Haussmann, Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748
Galileo Galilei is often referred to as the Father of Modern Astronomy
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the first person to use a microscope to view bacteria
Miyamoto Musashi, Self-portrait, Samurai, writer and artist, c. 1640
Sir Isaac Newton at 46 in Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait
Self portrait by Rembrandt, c. 1655
File:Zurbaranselfportrait.jpg
Probable self-portrait of Francisco Zurbarán as Saint Luke, c. 1635–1640.[3]

Musicians and composers

See also: List of Baroque composers

Visual artists

See also: Baroque painting and Baroque sculpture

Literature

See also: Elizabethan era and French literature of the 17th century

Educators

Exploration

See also: Exploration

Science and philosophy

See also: Scientific Revolution and Age of Reason

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 17th century inventions

Johannes Kepler, 1610

Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific revolution.

Denis Papin, best known for his pioneering invention of the steam digester, the forerunner of the steam engine.
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, c.1700

References

  1. ^ "The Thirty-Years-War". Western New England College. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ The Tatar Khanate of Crimea
  3. ^ Saint Luke as a Painter before Christ on the Cross. Humanities Web. Retrieved 30 September, 2007.

Decades and years

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