1600-1700

By Landon Hunter Chapman

  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established
    First permanent English colony on American mainland.

  • Galileo

    Galileo
    He sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope.

  • Thirty Years War

    Thirty Years War
    Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression; Denmark, Sweden, and France will invade Germany in later phases of war.

  • First Slaves

    First Slaves
    A Dutch ship brings the first African slaves to British North America.

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims
    After three-month voyage in Mayflower, they landed at Plymouth Rock.

  • End of Thirty years War

    End of Thirty years War
    German population was reduced to about half of what it was in 1618 because of war and pestilence.

  • British take New Amsterdam

    British take New Amsterdam
    The dutch lost New Amsterdam from the British in a important battle.

  • Battle of the Boyne

    William III of England defeats former king James II and Irish rebels in Ireland.