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The First Modern Novel
Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote de la Mancha, the first modern novel. -
Jamestown is Established
Jamestown, Virginia, established-first permanent English colony on American mainland. Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves life of John Smith. -
Laws Of Planetary Motion
Johannes Kepler publishes his Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movement of planets around the sun. -
Discovery of Jupiter
Galileo Galilei sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope. Galileo also showed the Copernican system in which the planets circle the sun was correct. -
William Shakespeare dies.
William Shakespeare dies. -
Start Of The Thirty Years War
Start of the Thirty Years' War - Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression; Denmark, Sweden, and France invade Germany in later phases of war. Johannes Kepler proposes last of three laws of planetary motion. -
Pilgrims Arrive From England
Pilgrims from England arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower. -
Boston Is Founded 10 Years After Colonists Arrive
Boston is founded by Massachusetts colonists led by John Winthrop. -
The Taj Mahal Is Built
The Taj Mahal is built in India (1631 - 1653) -
End Of Ming Dynasty - 1644
End of Ming Dynasty in China-Manchus come to power. René Descartes's Principles of Philosophy. -
Oliver Cromwell dies
Oliver Cromwell dies; son Richard resigns and Puritan government collapses. -
Louis XIV takes Monarchy
Charles II is crowned King of England. Louis XIV begins personal rule as absolute monarch; starts to build Versailles. -
New York Is Founded & Issac Newton Experiments
Isaac Newton's experiments with gravity. The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The city is renamed New York. -
Thousands Die In London
Great Plague in London kills 75,000. -
French Settlers Move
French settlers move into Mississippi and Louisiana.