Meanwhile…

Founding of Batavia

1619-05-30

The Manchus establish the Qing dynasty in China

1644

Great Peace of Montreal

1701-08-04

Siege of Batavia by the Sultanate of Mataram

1629

Siege by the Bishop of Münster during the Rampjaar (Disaster Year)

1672

Jesuit Missions Spread Catholicism to Asia and the Americas

mid-1500s to 1700s

Age of Sail Global Shipping Networks

around 1650

Manor houses and country estates of the colonial elite

ca. 1680 n.Chr.

Descartes verenigt algebra en meetkunde

1637

Thomas Sydenham redefines clinical medicine in England

circa 1666

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

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

house arrest and late works

1634-1642