A.P. Euro 1600-1700 By facebooker_100000452791826 Jan 1, 1600 Chartering of the British East India Company Jan 1, 1602 Chartering of Dutch East India Company Jan 1, 1603 James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England Jan 1, 1605 Publication of The Advancement of Learning by Sir Francis Bacon Jan 1, 1608 The telescope is invented Jan 1, 1609 Publication of On the Motion of Mars by Johannes Kepler Jan 1, 1611 Publication of King James Bible Jan 1, 1616 The Catholic Church bans Copernicus’ ideas Period: Jan 1, 1618 to Jan 1, 1648 Thirty Years’ War Jan 1, 1620 Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemians Period: Jan 1, 1624 to Jan 1, 1643 Richelieu dominates French government Jan 1, 1628 Publication of William Harvey’s theory of blood circulation Jan 1, 1629 Charles I accepts the Petition of Rights Jan 1, 1632 Gustavus Adolphus wins a military victory at Luetzen Jan 1, 1632 Publication of Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the World by Galileo Jan 1, 1633 Galileo is imprisoned for heresy Jan 1, 1637 Charles I forces a new prayer book upon Scotland’s Presbyterians Jan 1, 1637 Publication of Rene Descartes’ Discourse on Method Period: Jan 1, 1642 to Jan 1, 1649 English civil war ends with execution of Charles I Jan 1, 1648 Peace of Westphalia Period: Jan 1, 1648 to Jan 1, 1660 The Fronde in France Jan 1, 1649 Charles I is beheaded on charge of treason Jan 1, 1651 Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan is published Period: Jan 1, 1651 to Jan 1, 1663 British Navigation Acts Jan 1, 1652 Nikon’s reforms split the Russian Orthodox church Period: Jan 1, 1652 to Jan 1, 1674 Anglo-Dutch wars Jan 1, 1655 Torricelli constructs the first mercury barometer Jan 1, 1658 Treaty of Pyrenees Jan 1, 1660 Restoration of English monarchy Jan 1, 1662 The Royal Society of London is founded Period: Jan 1, 1665 to Jan 1, 1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert applies economic reforms to France Jan 1, 1670 Charles II agrees to re-Catholicize England Period: Jan 1, 1670 to Jan 1, 1671 Cossacks revolt in Russia Jan 1, 1673 Test Act Jan 1, 1680 Construction of baroque palaces Period: Jan 1, 1683 to Jan 1, 1718 Ottomans siege Vienna Jan 1, 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes Period: Jan 1, 1685 to Jan 1, 1688 James II tries to restore Catholicism as the state religion Jan 1, 1687 Newton publishes Principia Mathematica and law of universal gravitation Jan 1, 1687 Fontenelle publishes Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds Period: Jan 1, 1688 to Jan 1, 1689 Glorious Revolution in England Jan 1, 1690 Locke publishes Essay Concerning Human Understanding and the Second Treatise on Civil Government Period: Jan 1, 1690 to Jan 1, 1780 The Enlightenment Jan 1, 1697 Pierre Bayle publishes the Historical and Critical Dictionary Jan 1, 1699 Ottoman Turkish withdrawal
