Meanwhile…

Ligdan Khan dies and the Northern Yuan falls to the Qing

1634-1635

Het Loo Palace: classicist splendour for the stadtholder

circa 1686

Loss of capital status to Saint Petersburg

1712

Capture of Galle from the Portuguese

1640

wars and competition with England

1652-1784

Sikhism Founded by Guru Nanak's Successors Institutionalized

1604-1699

The Enlightenment

ca. 1715 – 1789

Age of Sail Global Shipping Networks

around 1650

the peak of the Golden Age

rond 1670

Descartes verenigt algebra en meetkunde

1637

The invention of calculus

circa 1670-1684

European naturalists begin scientific study of coral

1725

Invention of the Mechanical Calculator

1642

Blaise Pascal introduces public transport in Paris

1662

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

Irish riverdance evolves from folk roots to global phenomenon

from the 18th century to 1994 and beyond

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

house arrest and late works

1634-1642