...Date... AGE Event
1617/--/-- 0 *** Bayless, John - Born to Bayless, Daniel Norwich, Norfolk, England
1617/--/-- 0 - The Treaty of Stolbovo ends the war between Russia and Sweden.
1617/--/-- 0 - Tobacco is established as the major industry in North America.
1618/--/-- 1 - Conflict between Catholic and Protestant states begins the Thirty Years' War.
1618/--/-- 1 - James I orders the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh.
1619/--/-- 2 - Dutch ships bring the first Negro slaves to the colony of Virginia.
1619/--/-- 2 - Ferdinand II is elected Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia.
1619/--/-- 2 - Inigo Jones designs the Banqueting House at Whitehall, London.
1619/--/-- 2 - Louis XIII of France defeats the supporters of his mother Maria de Medicis.
1619/--/-- 2 - Spanish artist Diego Velazquez paints The Water Seller of Seville.
1619/--/-- 2 - The Bohemians depose Ferdinand and elect Frederick V (Elector Palatine) as king.
1620/--/-- 3 *** Bayless, Daniel [Father] - Died England England
1620/--/-- 3 - Catholic League forces under Graf von Tilly defeat the Bohemians under Frederick V.
1620/--/-- 3 - Cornelis Drebbel demonstrates a submarine on the River Thames.
1620/--/-- 3 - Ferdinand II is restored to the throne of Bohemia.
1620/--/-- 3 - Gustavus II Adolf begins a war with Poland and captures Livonia.
1620/--/-- 3 - The Pilgrim Fathers arrive at Cape Cod and found the Plymouth Colony.
1621/--/-- 4 *** Stillwell, Rebecca [Wife] - Born England Family Tree Maker, World Family Tree Maker, Vol. 11, Pre-1600 to Present estima
1621/--/-- 4 - A Huguenot (Protestant) revolt begins against Louis XIII in France.
1621/--/-- 4 - English scholar Robert Burton publishes Anatomy of Melancholy.
1621/--/-- 4 - Philip IV becomes king of Spain and Portugal.
1621/--/-- 4 - The Dutch West India Company is founded.
1621/--/-- 4 - War is renewed between Spain and the United Provinces (the Netherlands).
1622/--/-- 5 - Indian Massacres begin, VA
1622/--/-- 5 - Indians massacre 347 settlers in Virginia.
1623/--/-- 6 - Abbas I, shah of Persia (Iran), captures Bagdhad from the Turks.
1623/--/-- 6 - Catholic League and Imperial forces overrun the Palatinate in Germany.
1623/--/-- 6 - Diego Velazquez is made court painter to Philip IV of Spain.
1623/--/-- 6 - Philosopher Francis Bacon publishes On the Dignity and Growth of Sciences.
1623/--/-- 6 - The first English settlement is founded in New Hampshire.
1624/--/-- 7 - Dutch artist Frans Hals paints the Laughing Cavalier.
1624/--/-- 7 - English poet John Donne publishes Devotions upon Emergent Occasions.
1624/--/-- 7 - Flemish chemist Johannes Baptista van Helmont names compressible fluid gas.
1625/--/-- 8 - Albrecht Wenzel von Wallenstein is made general of Ferdinand II's Imperial armies.
1625/--/-- 8 - Charles I succeeds James I as king of England.
1625/--/-- 8 - Flemish baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens paints The Judgement of Paris.
1625/--/-- 8 - Peter Minuit founds the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now New York).
1625/--/-- 8 - The Spanish capture Breda from the Dutch.
1626/--/-- 9 - Graf von Tilly's Catholic army routs the Danes under Christian IV.
1626/--/-- 9 - Imperial forces under Wallenstein defeat Graf von Mansfield at Dessau.
1626/--/-- 9 - The Dutch purchase Manhattan Island from the Indians for the equivalent of $24.
1626/02/-- 9 - Charles I crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by Georg Abb
1627/--/-- 10 - Shah Jahan succeeds Jahangir as Mogul emperor of India.
1627/--/-- 10 - The Huguenots (Protestants) revolt against Cardinal Richelieu at La Rochelle.
1627/--/-- 10 - The Manchus (Ch'ing) begin their conquest of Korea.
1628/--/-- 11 - English physician William Harvey publishes On the Motions of the Heart and Blood.
1628/--/-- 11 - French philosopher Rene Descartes begins Rules For the Direction of the Mind.
1628/--/-- 11 - King Charles I is forced to accept Parliament's Petition of Right.
1628/--/-- 11 - Puritans under John Endecott settle at Salem in Massachusetts.
1628/--/-- 11 - The Duke of Buckingham, a supporter of the French Huguenots, is assassinated.
1628/--/-- 11 - The Huguenots surrender La Rochelle after a 14-month siege.
1629/--/-- 12 - Charles I dissolves Parliament and rules England directly.
1629/--/-- 12 - Ferdinand II's Edict of Restitution restores Catholic properties taken by Protestants.
1630/--/-- 13 - Bhutan becomes independent from Tibet about this time.
1630/--/-- 13 - Dutch landscape artist Salomon van Ruisdael paints River Landscape.
1630/--/-- 13 - Gustav II Adolf invades Germany in support of the Protestant cause.
1630/--/-- 13 - John Winthrop founds a Puritan settlement at Boston in Massachusetts.
1630/--/-- 13 - Spanish artist Francisco de Zubaran paints the Holy House of Nazareth.
1630/--/-- 13 - The Ottoman Turks capture Hamadan in Persia (Iran).
1631/--/-- 14 - Baldassarre Longhena begins building the church of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice.
1631/--/-- 14 - Gustav II Adolf defeats Graf von Tilly's Imperial forces at Breitenfeld.
1631/--/-- 14 - Marie de Medicis goes into exile after a plot to remove Cardinal Richelieu fails.
1631/--/-- 14 - Navigation Act affecting Colonies
1631/--/-- 14 - The building of the Taj Mahal begins at Agra in India.
1631/--/-- 14 - The first newspaper, the Gazette de France, is published in Paris.
1632/--/-- 15 - Antony Van Dyck settles in London and becomes court painter to King Charles I.
1632/--/-- 15 - Bernal Diaz del Castillo's True Story of the Conquest of Mexico is published.
1632/--/-- 15 - Charles I grants a charter for the English colony of Maryland.
1632/--/-- 15 - Christina becomes queen of Sweden at age 6; Count Oxenstierna rules as regent.
1632/--/-- 15 - Dutch artist Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn paints The Anatomy Lesson.
1632/--/-- 15 - Gustavus II Adolf defeats Wallenstein at Lutzen but is killed during the battle.
1632/--/-- 15 - Imperial general Graf von Tilly is mortally wounded at the Battle of Lech.
1633/--/-- 16 - An English colony is established in Connecticut.
1633/--/-- 16 - French artist Nicolas Poussin paints The Adoration of the Golden Calf.
1633/--/-- 16 - Galileo Galilei is imprisoned for "vehement suspicion of heresy."
1634/--/-- 17 - Ferdinand II declares General Wallenstein a traitor; Wallenstein is assassinated.
1634/--/-- 17 - French fur trader Jean Nicolet explores Wisconsin.
1634/--/-- 17 - Hackney carriages are in use in London for public transport.
1634/--/-- 17 - Imperial forces under Ferdinand III defeat the Swedes at Nordlingen.
1635/--/-- 18 - Cardinal Richelieu founds the Academie Francaise in Paris.
1635/--/-- 18 - Claybourne's Rebellion begins, MD
1635/--/-- 18 - France forms an alliance with Sweden and enters the Thirty Years' War.
1635/--/-- 18 - Spanish playwright Pedro Calderon de la Barca writes Life Is a Dream.
1635/--/-- 18 - The Dutch occupy parts of Formosa (Taiwan).
1635/--/-- 18 - The Peace of Prague is signed between Ferdinand II and Protestant German princes.
1636/--/-- 19 - Harvard University is founded in Boston.
1636/--/-- 19 - Pequot Indian War, MASS, CONN, RI
1636/--/-- 19 - Radical Puritan Roger Williams establishes the town of Providence, Rhode Island.
1636/--/-- 19 - The Dutch settle in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
1637/--/-- 20 - French dramatist Pierre Corneille writes le Cid.
1637/--/-- 20 - Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II dies; he is succeeded by his son Ferdinand III.
1637/--/-- 20 - Pequot Indians are decimated during the first Indian war in New England.
1637/--/-- 20 - Religious radical Anne Hutchinson is tried for heresy in Massachusetts.
1637/--/-- 20 - Rene Descartes publishes his concepts of analytic geometry Discourse on Method.
1637/--/-- 20 - The first opera house Teatro San Cassiano opens in Venice.
1638/--/-- 21 - John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton found New Haven, Connecticut.
1638/--/-- 21 - Swedish and Protestant forces defeat the Imperial army at Breisach.
1638/--/-- 21 - Swedish settlers found Fort Christina (now Wilmington) on the Delaware River.
1638/--/-- 21 - The Turks under Murad IV conquer Baghdad.
1639/--/-- 22 - Charles I concedes to Scottish demands after the First Bishops' War.
1639/--/-- 22 - Persia (Iran) and the Ottoman Empire sign a peace treaty.
1639/--/-- 22 - Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera paints The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew.
1639/--/-- 22 - The first North American printing press is established in Cambridge, Mass..
1639/--/-- 22 - Tokugawa begins a period of isolation in Japan; only Nagasaki is open to foreigners.
1640/--/-- 23 - Coke is made from coal for the first time.
1640/--/-- 23 - Dutch Indian Troubles, NY
1640/--/-- 23 - Russian explorers cross Siberia and arrive at the Pacific Ocean.
1640/--/-- 23 - Scots invade England during the Second Bishops' War; Charles I sues for peace.
1640/--/-- 23 - The Portuguese rebel against Spanish rule; John IV is crowned king.
1641/--/-- 24 - Irish Catholics revolt against the Protestants in Ulster.
1641/--/-- 24 - The Dutch seize Melaka and deny the British access to the Moluccas.
1641/03/12 24 *** Bayless, John & Stillwell, Rebecca [Wife] - Married
1642/--/-- 25 *** Bayless, John [Son] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Long Island, NY
1642/--/-- 25 - Cardinal Richelieu dies; he is succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin as first minister of France.
1642/--/-- 25 - Dutch artist Rembrandt paints the Night Watch.
1642/--/-- 25 - Dutch navigator Abel Tasman discovers Tasmania and New Zealand.
1642/--/-- 25 - English Parliamentarians close the London theaters.
1642/--/-- 25 - Montreal is founded by the French nobleman Sieur de Maisonneuve.
1642/--/-- 25 - The English Civil War begins between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists.
1642/--/-- 25 - The Swedes under Torstenson defeat the Imperial forces at Breitenfeld.
1643/--/-- 26 *** Bayless, Rebecca [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Southold, Long Island, Suffolk, New York
1643/--/-- 26 - Christian IV of Denmark renews the war against Sweden.
1643/--/-- 26 - Italian physicist Torricelli demonstrates the principles of the barometer.
1643/--/-- 26 - Louis XIV ascends to the French throne at age 5; Anne of Austria rules as regent.
1643/--/-- 26 - Roger Williams publishes A Key into the Language of America.
1643/--/-- 26 - The New England Confederation is formed against the Indians, Dutch and French.
1643/--/-- 26 - The building of the Potala palace, residence of the Dalai Lama, is begun in Lhasa, Tibet.
1643/--/-- 26 - The first French settlement is founded on Madagascar.
1644/--/-- 27 - End of Indian Massacres, VA
1644/--/-- 27 - French landscape artist Claude Lorrain paints the Embarkation of Saint Ursula.
1644/--/-- 27 - French philosopher Descartes proclaims Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am).
1644/--/-- 27 - Italian artist Giovanni Bernini sculpts the Ecstasy of St. Teresa.
1644/--/-- 27 - Oliver Cromwell's Model Army defeats a Royalist army at Marston Moor.
1644/--/-- 27 - Queen Christina begins her reign in Sweden.
1644/--/-- 27 - The Manchus seize Peking and establish the Ch'ing dynasty.
1645/--/-- 28 *** Bayless, Elias [Son] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Jamaica, Queens, NY
1645/--/-- 28 - Alexis succeeds Michael as the Romanov tsar of Russia.
1645/--/-- 28 - Claybourne's Rebellion ends, MD
1645/--/-- 28 - French philosopher and scientist Blaise Pascal invents the first adding machine.
1645/--/-- 28 - Oliver Cromwell defeats Charles I at the Battle of Naseby.
1645/--/-- 28 - The Swedes defeat Denmark and later defeat the Imperial forces at Jankau.
1645/--/-- 28 - William Laud archbishop of Canterbury is executed.
1646/--/-- 29 *** Bayless, Elizabeth [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Jamaica, Long Island, NY
1646/--/-- 29 - Flemish painter Teniers the Younger paints the Village Fete.
1646/--/-- 29 - Spanish artist Bartolome Esteban Murillo paints Holy Family With a Bird.
1646/--/-- 29 - The English Civil War ends when Charles I surrenders to the Parliamentarians.
1646/--/-- 29 - The Swedes capture Prague and invade Bavaria with their French allies.
1647/--/-- 30 *** Bayless, Thomas [Son] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Jamaica, Queens, NY
1647/--/-- 30 - Charles I escapes from England and concludes a treaty with the Scots.
1647/--/-- 30 - Peter Stuyvesant becomes governor of the Dutch colony of the New Netherlands.
1648/--/-- 31 - Dutch architect Jacob van Campen designs the Amsterdam City Hall.
1648/--/-- 31 - Frederick III succeeds Christian IV as king of Denmark.
1648/--/-- 31 - George Fox founds the Society of Friends (Quakers) about this time.
1648/--/-- 31 - Margaret Jones becomes the first person executed as a witch in North America.
1648/--/-- 31 - Naples is restored to Spanish rule after a brief uprising.
1648/--/-- 31 - Russian explorer Semyon Dezhnev discovers the Bering Strait.
1648/--/-- 31 - The Dutch and Swiss republics achieve independence.
1648/--/-- 31 - The English settle in the Bahamas.
1648/--/-- 31 - The Fronde revolt begins in France against Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin.
1648/--/-- 31 - The Scots renew the Civil War but are defeated at Preston; Charles I is captured.
1648/--/-- 31 - The Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War.
1649/--/-- 32 - Charles I is executed; the English Commonwealth (republic) begins.
1649/--/-- 32 - French artist Georges de La Tour paints Saint Irene Mourning Saint Sebastian.
1649/--/-- 32 - Oliver Cromwell suppresses a Catholic rebellion in Ireland.
1649/01/-- 32 - Cromwellian interregnum begins.
1650/--/-- 33 *** Bayless, Jonathan [Son] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Long Island, NY
1650/--/-- 33 - Charles II lands in Scotland to renew the English Civil War.
1650/--/-- 33 - Dutch landscape artist Aelbert Cuyp paints the View of Dordrecht.
1650/--/-- 33 - Irish Bishop James Ussher establishes the date of creation at 4004 BC.
1650/--/-- 33 - Oratorios become a popular form of musical performance in Italy.
1650/--/-- 33 - The Holy Roman Empire and Sweden sign the Treaty of Nuremberg.
1650/--/-- 33 - The Ukiyo-e school of art begins to flourish in Japan about this time.
1650/--/-- 33 - The first coffeehouses are opened in London about this time.
1650/--/-- 33 - Whaling becomes an important industry in New England about this time.
1651/--/-- 34 - Charles II is crowned by the Scots; defeated at Worcester, he escapes to France.
1651/--/-- 34 - Navigation Acts affecting Colonies
1651/--/-- 34 - Thomas Hobbes publishes Leviathan, a defense of absolute monarchy.
1652/--/-- 35 - Cape Town is founded by the Dutch in South Africa.
1652/--/-- 35 - The English Navigation Acts (1651) lead to the first Anglo-Dutch War.
1653/--/-- 36 - English writer Izaak Walton publishes The Compleat Angler.
1653/--/-- 36 - French composer Jean Baptiste Lully writes the first minuet.
1653/--/-- 36 - Louis XIV becomes known as the Sun King after his role in the Ballet de la Nuit.
1653/--/-- 36 - Oliver Cromwell becomes the lord protector of England.
1654/--/-- 37 *** Bayless, Mary [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Long Island, NY
1654/--/-- 37 - Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat collaborate on theories of probability.
1654/--/-- 37 - French philosopher Blaise Pascal joins the Jansenist sect at Port-Royal.
1654/--/-- 37 - Poland and Russia are at war over possession of the Ukraine.
1654/--/-- 37 - Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and becomes a Roman Catholic.
1654/--/-- 37 - The Portuguese drive the Dutch from Brazil.
1654/--/-- 37 - The Treaty of Westminster ends the first Anglo-Dutch War.
1655/--/-- 38 - Civil War, MD (Catholic & Protestant)
1655/--/-- 38 - Conquest of New Sweden, DL
1655/--/-- 38 - Dutch colonists under Peter Stuyvesant seize Swedish settlements in Delaware.
1655/--/-- 38 - The English capture Jamaica from Spain.
1655/--/-- 38 - The Little Northern War begins with Sweden invading Poland and capturing Warsaw.
1656/--/-- 39 *** Bayless, Demares [Son] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Jamaica, Queens, NY
1656/--/-- 39 - Diego Velazquez paints The Maids of Honor at the court of Spain.
1656/--/-- 39 - Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza is expelled from the synagogue at Amsterdam.
1656/--/-- 39 - Dutch philosopher Christiaan Huygens patents the first pendulum clock.
1656/--/-- 39 - England joins France in the war against Spain.
1656/--/-- 39 - Italian artist and architect Giovanni Bernini designs the Piazza of St. Peter's, Rome.
1656/--/-- 39 - Quaker Persecution, MASS, VA, CONN
1656/--/-- 39 - The Holy Roman Empire, Russia and Denmark declare war on Sweden.
1657/--/-- 40 - Otto von Guericke demonstrates that it is possible for a vacuum to exist.
1657/--/-- 40 - The Swedes attack Denmark and besiege Copenhagen.
1658/--/-- 41 *** Bayless, Abigail [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Jamaica, Queens, NY
1658/--/-- 41 - Aurangzeb deposes his father Shah Jahan as Mogul emperor of India.
1658/--/-- 41 - Dutch genre artist Jan Vermeer paints The Milkmaid.
1658/--/-- 41 - Dutch naturalist Jan Swammerdam describes red blood cells.
1658/--/-- 41 - French colonists found the city of Saint-Louis on the Senegal River in Africa.
1658/--/-- 41 - Leopold I succeeds Ferdinand III as Holy Roman Emperor.
1658/--/-- 41 - Oliver Cromwell dies; he is succeeded by his son Richard as lord protector of England.
1659/--/-- 42 - French explorers Radisson and Groseilliers explore Minnesota.
1659/--/-- 42 - Richard Cromwell resigns as lord protector of England.
1659/--/-- 42 - The Peace of the Pyrenees ends a 24-year war between France and Spain.
1660/--/-- 43 *** Bayless, Ruth [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Flushing, Queens, NY
1660/--/-- 43 - Charles II is restored to the English throne by Parliament.
1660/--/-- 43 - Dutch farmers (Boers) settle in South Africa.
1660/--/-- 43 - Dutch genre artist Gabriel Metsu paints The Sick Child.
1660/--/-- 43 - English public servant Samuel Pepys begins his Diary.
1660/--/-- 43 - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, gains control of Prussia from Poland.
1660/--/-- 43 - Louis XIV of France marries Marie Therese of Spain.
1660/--/-- 43 - Peter Stuyvesant founds the first permanent settlement in New Jersey at Bergen (Jersey City).
1660/--/-- 43 - The Bambara kingdom begins to flourish on the upper Niger about this time.
1660/--/-- 43 - The Peace of Copenhagen ends the war between Sweden and Denmark.
1660/--/-- 43 - The Peace of Oliva ends the war between Sweden, Poland, Austria and Brandenburg.
1660/--/-- 43 - The Peace of Oliva ends the war between Sweden, Poland, Austria and Brandenburg.
1660/--/-- 43 - Theaters are reopened in England; the period of Restoration drama begins.
1660/05/09 43 - Charles Stuart restored to throne of England as Charles II.
1661/--/-- 44 - Charles II orders that Cromwell's corpse be disinterred, hanged and beheaded.
1661/--/-- 44 - Chinese pirate Koxinga drives the Dutch from Formosa (Taiwan).
1661/--/-- 44 - Dutch-born artist Peter Lely is made court painter to Charles II.
1661/--/-- 44 - Emperor K'ang-hsi succeeds to the throne in China.
1661/--/-- 44 - The English acquire Bombay from Portugal.
1661/--/-- 44 - The first Bible printed in North America is John Elliot's translation into Algonquian.
1661/04/03 44 - Charles II crowned King of England and Scotland at Westminster Abbey by William
1662/--/-- 45 *** Bayless, Rebecca [Daughter] - Born to Bayless, John and Stillwell, Rebecca Long Island, NY
1662/--/-- 45 - Charles II grants a charter to the Royal Society of London for Natural Knowledge.
1662/--/-- 45 - France purchases Dunkerque from England.
1662/--/-- 45 - French architect Andre Le Notre designs the gardens for the Palace of Versailles.
1662/--/-- 45 - Robert Boyle develops his theory of gases (now known as Boyle's Law).
1662/--/-- 45 - The Portuguese surrender Tangier to England.
1662/--/-- 45 - The Theatre Royal is built in Drury Lane, London.
1663/--/-- 46 - Dutch genre artist Jan Steen paints the Woman Undressing.
1663/--/-- 46 - The Ottoman Turks invade Hungary.
1663/--/-- 46 - The first turnpike (toll) roads are established in England.
1664/--/-- 47 - England seizes New Amsterdam from the Dutch, renaming it New York.
1664/--/-- 47 - The Austrians defeat the Turks at Saint Gotthard and conclude a 20-year truce.
1664/--/-- 47 - The French East India Company is founded.
1664/--/-- 47 - The Trappists order of monks is founded at La Trappe in France.
1665/--/-- 48 *** Bayless, John [Son] & Rusco, Ruth - Married
1665/--/-- 48 - An outbreak of the Great Plague begins in London.
1665/--/-- 48 - Charles II succeeds Philip IV as king of Spain.
1665/--/-- 48 - Dutch genre artist Gerard Ter Borch paints the Flea Hunt.
1665/--/-- 48 - England and Portugal defeat Spain and establish Portuguese independence.
1665/--/-- 48 - Jean Baptiste Colbert becomes minister of finance for Louis XIV.
1665/--/-- 48 - Robert Hooke publishes his microscope observations in Micrographia.
1665/--/-- 48 - The Portuguese invade the Kingdom of Kongo and kill the monarch Antonio I.
1665/--/-- 48 - The Second Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1665/--/-- 48 - The first horse race track in North America is constructed on Long Island.
1666/--/-- 49 - British scientist Isaac Newton completes his theory of fluxional calculus.
1666/--/-- 49 - Large sections of London are destroyed in the Great Fire.
1666/--/-- 49 - Moliere's play The Misanthrope is performed for the first time.
1666/--/-- 49 - Puritans from Connecticut settle in New Jersey.
1666/--/-- 49 - Sabbatai Zevi claims to be the messiah and founds a Jewish sect.
1666/--/-- 49 - The Alawite dynasty assumes power in Morocco.
1666/--/-- 49 - The French join the Dutch in the war with England.
1667/--/-- 50 - English poet John Milton writes Paradise Lost.
1667/--/-- 50 - Japanese poet Basho begins to compose his haiku poetry.
1667/--/-- 50 - Louis XIV begins the War of Devolution and captures the Spanish Netherlands.
1667/--/-- 50 - Louis XIV sponsors the first official Salon art exhibition at the Louvre.
1667/--/-- 50 - Mexico City Cathedral is completed.
1667/--/-- 50 - Suleiman succeeds Abbas II as shah of Persia (Iran).
1667/--/-- 50 - The Dutch acquire Suriname from the British in exchange for Manhattan.
1667/--/-- 50 - The Dutch destroy the English fleet at anchor in the Medway.
1667/--/-- 50 - The Peace of Breda ends the war between the English, French and Dutch.
1667/--/-- 50 - The building of the Paris Observatory is begun.
1668/--/-- 51 - A Triple Alliance of England, Sweden, and the Dutch Republic is formed against France.
1668/--/-- 51 - By the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle France gives up its conquests but keeps Flanders.
1668/--/-- 51 - By the Treaty of Lisbon Spain recognizes the independence of Portugal.
1668/--/-- 51 - French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine begins publishing his Fables.
1668/--/-- 51 - Jacques Marquette founds the first settlement in Michigan at Sault Saint Marie.
1668/--/-- 51 - King John II of Poland abdicates; he is succeeded by Michael Wisniowiecki.
1669/--/-- 52 - French courtesan Madame de Sevigne begins writing her Letters.
1669/--/-- 52 - German Alchemist Hennig Brandt makes phosphorus for the first time.
1669/--/-- 52 - Louis Le Vau begins the expansion of the Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV.
1669/--/-- 52 - Mount Etna erupts in Italy, killing 20,000.
1669/--/-- 52 - Venice surrenders Crete to the Ottoman Turks.
1670/--/-- 53 - English architect Sir Christopher Wren begins rebuilding Saint Paul's Cathedral.
1670/--/-- 53 - The Don Cossacks under Stenka Razin rebel against Russian rule.
1670/--/-- 53 - The English establish a settlement at Charles Towne (Charleston), South Carolina.
1670/--/-- 53 - The Hudson's Bay Company is founded.
1671/--/-- 54 - Buccaneers under Sir Henry Morgan capture the city of Panama.
1672/--/-- 55 - Astronomer Giovanni Cassini becomes the first director of the Paris Observatory.
1672/--/-- 55 - Grenades become an important weapon; the French army forms grenadier companies.
1672/--/-- 55 - Jean Baptiste Lully produces the first French operas.
1672/--/-- 55 - Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban founds the French army engineering corps.
1672/--/-- 55 - The French and British declare war on the Dutch.
1672/--/-- 55 - William III prince of Orange leads the defense of the Netherlands.
1673/--/-- 56 - Leibniz begins to develop his theories of differential and integral calculus.
1673/--/-- 56 - Marquette and Jolliet explore the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi River.
1673/--/-- 56 - The Polish army under John Sobieski defeats the Turks at Cochim (Khotin).
1673/--/-- 56 - The Test Act excludes Catholics from public office in England.
1673/--/-- 56 - The first mail service in North America is established between New York and Boston.
1674/--/-- 57 - Early American artist the Freake limner paints portraits of the Freake family.
1674/--/-- 57 - Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I declares war on France.
1674/--/-- 57 - John Sobieski is elected as King John III of Poland.
1674/--/-- 57 - Maratha leader Sivaji establishes a kingdom in Maharashtra, India.
1674/--/-- 57 - The Dutch under William III make peace with England.
1674/--/-- 57 - The Treaty of Westminster establishes New Yorkers as British subjects.
1675/--/-- 58 - Conflict begins between the Indians under King Philip and New England settlers .
1675/--/-- 58 - Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza finishes his Ethics.
1675/--/-- 58 - English dramatist William Wycherley writes The Country Wife.
1675/--/-- 58 - King Philip's War (Indian) MASS, RI
1675/--/-- 58 - The Prussians under Frederick William defeat the Swedes at Fehrbellin.
1675/--/-- 58 - The Royal Observatory is established at Greenwich.
1676/--/-- 59 - Bacon's Rebellion, VA
1676/--/-- 59 - English playwright Sir George Etherege writes Man of Mode.
1676/--/-- 59 - German astronomer Ole Romer discovers the velocity of light.
1676/--/-- 59 - Indians in New England are subdued after the year-long King Philip's War.
1676/--/-- 59 - The Sikhs under Guru Gobind Singh revolt against Mogul rule in India.
1676/--/-- 59 - The Swedes defeat the Danes at the Battle of Lunden.
1677/--/-- 60 - Charles II appoints Henry Purcell as court composer.
1677/--/-- 60 - English author John Dryden writes the tragedy All for Love.
1677/--/-- 60 - French dramatist Jean Racine writes the tragedy of Phedre.
1677/--/-- 60 - William III prince of Orange marries Mary, daughter of the Duke of York.
1678/--/-- 61 - Charles Le Brun designs the Hall of Mirrors for the Palace of Versailles.
1678/--/-- 61 - Comtesse de La Fayette writes the novel La Princesse de Cleves.
1678/--/-- 61 - French explorer Louis Hennepin discovers Niagara Falls.
1678/--/-- 61 - John Bunyan publishes the first part of The Pilgrim's Progress.
1678/--/-- 61 - The Hungarians rebel against Habsburg rule.
1678/--/-- 61 - The Treaty of Nijmegen establishes peace between France, the Dutch and Spain.
1679/--/-- 62 - The English Parliament passes the Habeas Corpus Act.
1680/--/-- 63 - Antonio Stradivari opens his violin workshop in Cremona, Italy.
1680/--/-- 63 - Sadler's Wells theater opens in London.
1680/--/-- 63 - The Comedie Francaise is founded in Paris.
1681/--/-- 64 - Aurangzeb suppresses a Rajput revolt and campaigns against Hindu kingdoms in India.
1681/--/-- 64 - English Quaker William Penn is granted the Providence of Pennsylvania.
1681/--/-- 64 - John Dryden publishes his satirical poem Absalom and Achitophel.
1681/--/-- 64 - The dodo, a large flightless bird, becomes extinct.
1682/--/-- 65 *** Stillwell, Rebecca [Wife] - Died
1682/--/-- 65 - Edmund Halley observes the Great Comet, which is later named for him.
1682/--/-- 65 - French explorer La Salle navigates the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico.
1682/--/-- 65 - Peter the Great succeeds Fyodor III as tsar of Russia.
1682/--/-- 65 - The Palace of Versailles becomes the French royal residence.
1682/--/-- 65 - The Spanish establish the first settlement in Texas at Yselta (near El Paso).
1682/--/-- 65 - William Penn founds the city of Philadelphia.
1682/12/13 65 *** Bayless, John - Died Rose Row, Long Island, Nassau Co, NY Rose Row, Long Island, Nassau Co, NY also Jamaica, Long Island, NY
In 1617 Transportation was by:
Foot
Horse
Sailing ship
In 1617 Communications was by:
Word of Mouth
In 1617 Food Preparation was by:
Wood
In 1617 Entertainment was by:
Social Intercourse
Organized Sports
Travel
Professional Sports
Movies
Radio
Television
Theme parks
Computer
In 1617 Health Care was by:
Operations
Anesthetic
X-Rays
MRI
In 1617 War Making was by:
Bow & Arrow
Swords & body armor
Calvary
gun
Artillery
In 1617 Navigation was by:
Stars & Maps
Compass
from the SFHR database of Duane Bristow 03-13-2021 19:54:57