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Timeline charts · 175 events · 1600–1699

The 17th Century — 1600 to 1699

A single continuous chronology of the 17th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.

The 17th Century — 1600 to 1699

175 events · 1600–1699 · Saeculum · sample of the first 8 rows

The 17th Century — 1600 to 1699. A single continuous chronology of the 17th century, decade by decade, laid out for paper with the dates, regions and themes in fixed columns.
DateEventRegionTheme
1600s
1600Matteo Ricci Reaches BeijingEast AsiaReligion
1600Shakespeare Writes HamletEuropeCulture
1600William Gilbert Publishes De MagneteEuropeScience
17 Feb 1600Giordano Bruno Burned in RomeEuropeReligion
15 Sep 1600Battle of SekigaharaEast AsiaWar
31 Dec 1600English East India Company CharteredEuropePolitics
24 Oct 1601Tycho Brahe Dies in PragueEuropeScience
20 Mar 1602Dutch East India Company FoundedEuropePolitics

Covers 1600–1699. Shows the 175 events scored 8 or higher for significance out of the 4992-event Saeculum corpus. Everything below that line — and every event on this sheet — is free to read in full on its own year and event page.

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