Meanwhile…

Founding of Jamestown

1607-05-14

Ligdan Khan dies and the Northern Yuan falls to the Qing

1634-1635

Het Loo Palace: classicist splendour for the stadtholder

circa 1686

The Battle of Sekigahara

1600

Capture of Galle from the Portuguese

1640

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

the peak of the Golden Age

rond 1670

Galileo turns the telescope to the heavens

1609-1610

Descartes verenigt algebra en meetkunde

1637

The invention of calculus

circa 1670-1684

Tokugawa Japan formalizes the Tōkaidō highway

1604

Invention of the Mechanical Calculator

1642

Blaise Pascal introduces public transport in Paris

1662

West African Kente Cloth Weaving Emerges

around 1600 AD

Kimono Standardizes as Japanese Dress

around 1650 AD

Mantua Gown Revolutionizes European Fashion

circa 1680

The survival of the birds

vanaf ca. 66 miljoen jaar geleden

Horses reach the Great Plains of North America

circa 1600