Meanwhile…

Ligdan Khan dies and the Northern Yuan falls to the Qing

1634-1635

Declaration of Independence of the United States

1776-07-04

The Waterstaatsstijl: sobriety and state authority

circa 1840

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

1672

The Chinese Massacre in Batavia

1740

The Opium Wars and the decline of the Qing

1839-1842

Trial before the Roman Inquisition

1633

The Enlightenment

ca. 1715 – 1789

Robert Owen advocates for 'eight hours' labour, eight hours' recreation, eight hours' rest'

1817

The canal ring: living in the Golden Age

rond 1660

Increasing corruption and smuggling among VOC personnel

jaren 1760-1770

California Gold Rush

1848-1855

Descartes verenigt algebra en meetkunde

1637

European naturalists begin scientific study of coral

1725

Charles Darwin publishes theory of coral reef formation

1842

Blaise Pascal introduces public transport in Paris

1662

Cugnot builds the first self-propelled steam vehicle

1769

steam on the rails: the railway revolution

1825-09-27

Kimono Standardizes as Japanese Dress

around 1650 AD

First European Contact and Early Written Accounts of Haka

1642–1770

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

Great Tenmei famine and peasant uprisings

circa 1782-1788

The Great Stink forces London into action

1858