| CA 1540 - Jan 28, 1596 |
(-53.0) - 2.5 |
Life of Sir Francis Drake |
Personalities |
| Feb 15, 1564 - Jan 8, 1642 |
(-29.4) - 48.5 |
Life of Galileo Galilei |
Personalities |
| Apr 13, 1598 |
4.7 |
Edict of Nantes |
France |
| Dec 31, 1600 |
7.5 |
Establishment of the British East India Company |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| CA 1601 |
8.0 |
William Gilbert discovers electricity |
Technology |
| 1606 |
13.0 |
Discovery of Australia |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 1618 - 1648 |
25.0 - 55.0 |
Thirty Years' War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1620 |
27.0 |
Voyage of the Mayflower, puritan 'Pilgrims' establish Plymouth (Massachusetts) |
USA |
| 1623 |
30.0 |
Start of construction of Versailles Palace |
Monuments |
| 1626 |
33.0 |
French settlement in Senegal |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Dec 25, 1642 - Mar 20, 1726 |
49.5 - 132.8 |
Life of Isaac Newton |
Personalities |
| Nov 7, 1665 |
72.4 |
First issue of the London Gazette |
Companies |
| May 2, 1666 - Sep 5, 1666 |
72.8 - 73.2 |
Great Fire of London |
Great Britain |
| 1682 |
89.0 |
German company lands at the Gold Coast |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Mar 21, 1685 - Jul 28, 1750 |
91.7 - 157.1 |
Life of Johann Sebastian Bach |
Personalities |
| May 24, 1686 - Sep 16, 1736 |
92.9 - 143.3 |
Life of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit |
Personalities |
| Jan 18, 1689 - Feb 10, 1755 |
95.6 - 161.7 |
Life of Charles De Secondat, Baron de Montequieu |
Personalities |
| Feb 13, 1689 |
95.6 |
Adoption of the Bill of Rights |
Great Britain |
| Jun 12, 1690 |
97.0 |
Battle of the Boyne |
Great Britain |