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17th century

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s
1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s
Categories: Births - Deaths
Establishments - Disestablishments

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th Century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar.

The 17th Century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement and the beginning of modern science and philosophy, including the contributions of Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Isaac Newton; Europe was torn by warfare throughout the century, by the Thirty Years' War, the Great Turkish War and the English Civil War among others, while European colonization of the Americas began in earnest.

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th century.
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Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th century.

In the east, the 17th Century saw the flowering of the Ottoman and Mughal empires, the beginning of the Edo period in feudal Japan, and the violent transition from the Ming to the Qing Dynasty in China.

Events

1600s

Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in the Chinese published version of Euclid's Elements.
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Matteo Ricci and Xu Guangqi in the Chinese published version of Euclid's Elements.

1620s

Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered one of the masterpieces of the century.
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Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered one of the masterpieces of the century.


1640s

1650s

1660s

1670s

1680s

1690s

Significant people

Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 17th century inventions

Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific revolution.

References

    Decades and years

    Decades and Years
    17th century
    15th century←16th century← ↔ →18th century→19th century
    1590s 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599
    1600s 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609
    1610s 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619
    1620s 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629
    1630s 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639
    1640s 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649
    1650s 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659
    1660s 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669
    1670s 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679
    1680s 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689
    1690s 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699
    1700s 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709
    Centuries and Millennia
    Millennium Century
    Before Christ / Before Common Era (BC/BCE)
    4th: 40th 39th 38th 37th 36th 35th 34th 33rd 32nd 31st
    3rd: 30th 29th 28th 27th