Meanwhile…

Thirty Years' War Devastates Central Europe

1618-1648

Shimabara Rebellion and the tightening of Sakoku

1637-1638

Capture of Galle from the Portuguese

1640

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Age of Sail Global Shipping Networks

around 1650

Diverse reef fauna colonizes coral ecosystems

from around 485 million years ago to the present

Publication of 'Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems'

1632

Descartes verenigt algebra en meetkunde

1637

Capoeira develops among enslaved Africans in Brazil

around the 16th to 19th century

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

house arrest and late works

1634-1642