XVII century

• The Netherlands Revolution (1568–1648). The Golden Age of Holland , the completion of the Golden Age of Spain . The Expulsion of the Morisks (1609-1614).
• The Time of Troubles (1598–1613) and the Great Famine (1601–1603) in Russia. Russian-Polish war (1609-1618) . Seven Boyars (1610-1613). The Second People's Militia (1611-1612). Beginning of the reign of the Romanov dynasty (1613).
• Wars of Sweden with the Commonwealth ( 1600-1611 ; 1617-1618 ; 1621-1626 ; 1626-1629 ), Russia ( 1610-1617 ; 1656-1658 ), Denmark ( 1611-1613 ; 1643-1645 ; 1657-1658 ; 1675— 1679 ).
• English (1600), Dutch (1602) and French (1664) East India companies established. Dutch-Portuguese War (1602-1661).
• The beginning of the colonization of North America by England ( Jamestown - 1607), France ( Quebec - 1608), Holland ( New Amsterdam - 1625 ).
• The beginning of the period of absolute monarchy in France (1614-1789; “The Great Age ”; “The Old Order ”).
• The Thirty Years War ( 1618 - 1648 ). Westphalian world ( 1648 ).
• The Anglo-French War (1627-1629) . Siege of La Rochelle (1627-1628) .
• Smolensk war (1632-1634).
• Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659) .
• The Portuguese War of Independence (1637–1668).
• The period of self-isolation of Japan (1641-1853).
• " Beaver Wars " between the French and the Iroquois (1640s - 1701). Louisiana annexed to France (1682; Cavelier de la Salle ).
• The English Revolution (1642–1651). Wars of England, Scotland and Ireland (1639–1651; Wars of the Three Kingdoms ). Protectorate (1653-1659; Cromwell ).
• The fall of the Ming Dynasty in China (1644). The Manchu Conquest of China (1644–1683; Qing Dynasty ). Ban on maritime trade (1647).
• Fronde ( 1648 - 1653 ), the Civil War during the early years of Louis XIV .
• In Russia, the Salt Riot ( 1648 ), the Cathedral Code ( 1649 ), the church reform of Patriarch Nikon (1653; Old Believers ).
• The uprising of Khmelnitsky ( 1648 - 1654 ). Reunification of Ukraine with Russia ( 1654 ). Russian-Polish war (1654-1667) .
• Navigation Act of England (1651). The Anglo-Dutch Wars ( 1652-1654 ; 1665-1667 ; 1672-1674 ).
• The Anglo-Spanish War (1654-1660) .
• The Northern War (1655-1660) .
• Restoration of the Stuarts in England (1660). Glorious Revolution (1688). The first Jacobite rebellion (1689-1694).
• In Russia, the Copper Riot ( 1662 ), the Solovetsky Uprising ( 1668 - 1676 ), the Rise of Stepan Razin ( 1670 - 1671 ), the abolition of localism ( 1682 ), the Streletsky Riot (1682).
• The Great Turkish War (1667-1700). The wars of Turkey with Poland ( 1620–1621 ; 1633–1634 ; 1672–1676 ; 1683–1699 ), Venice ( 1645–1669 , 1684–1699 ), Austria (1663–1664) , Russia ( 1672–1681 ; 1686–1700 ) . Karlovitsky Peace (1699).
• The devolutionary war ( 1667 - 1668 ) of France against Spain, Holland, Sweden and England.
• Dutch war (1672—1678).
• The state of the Marathas was formed (1674). Deccan Wars (1681-1707).
• Edict Fontainebleau (1685) forced the Protestants to flee from France .
• War of the Augsburg League (1688-1697) with France.
• Reforms of Peter I (1696-1725). The Great Embassy (1697–1698). Streletsky riot (1698).

• The revolution in science (1543-1687).
• The military revolution .
• Triangular trade (late 16th century - early 19th century ). Piracy in the Caribbean (XVII century - 1720s).
• Baroque
• Bologna school of painting .
• The golden age of Dutch painting .
• 1635 - Merlezonsky ballet .
• 1653 - "Ballet of the Night" , the young Louis XIV first appears on the stage in the image of the Rising Sun.
• 1662 - Carousel, equestrian competition in front of the Tuileries , for which Louis XIV chose the Sun as his emblem.
• 1664 - "Fun of the magic island", the first great festival in Versailles .

Inventions

• Barometer (1644; Torricelli ).
• The speed of light is measured (1676).

• August II Strong , Elector of Saxony.
• August III Saxon , King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, Elector of Saxony.
• Adodurov Vasily Evdokimovich , scientist mathematician, philologist, adjunct and curator of Moscow University.
• Anna of Austria , Queen of France.
• Boris Godunov , Tsar, ruler of Russia.
• Bossuet, Jacques-Benigne , French preacher, writer, bishop.
• Basil IV Shuisky , Russian Tsar.
• Villard, Claude Louis Hector de , French commander, diplomat.
• William III of Orange , ruler of the Netherlands, king of England, king of Scotland.
• Witt, Jan de , statesman, great pensioner of the province of Holland.
• Vauban, Sebastien Le Pretre de , Marshal of France, military engineer, writer.
• Henry IV of Bourbon , King of Navarre, King of France, Founder of the French Royal Bourbon Dynasty .
• Gustav II Adolf , king of Sweden.
• Descartes, Rene , French philosopher, mathematician, mechanic, physicist and physiologist.
• Charles I Stewart , King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• Charles II Stewart , King of England and Scotland.
• Kepler, Johann , German mathematician, astronomer, mechanic, optician, discoverer of the laws of motion of the planets of the solar system .
• Kyosem Sultan , one of the most influential women in the Ottoman Empire .
• Cinema, Philippe , French poet, playwright, librettist.
• Colbert, Jean-Baptiste , French statesman, proponent of mercantilism , contributed to the economic development of France.
• Colbert, Charles , French diplomat, president of the Paris Parliament.
• Cornell, Pierre , French poet, playwright, member of the French Academy.
• Cromwell, Oliver , Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, commander, leader of the English Revolution .
• Couperin, Louis , French composer, organist, harpsichordist, representative of the musical Couperin dynasty.
• Couperin, Francois , French composer, organist and harpsichordist, representative of the musical Couperin dynasty.
• Labruier, Jean de , French moralist.
• Lavalier, Louise Francoise de , Duchess, favorite of Louis XIV .
• La Fontaine, Jean de , French poet, fabulist.
• Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm , Saxon philosopher, historian, logician, mathematician, mechanic, physicist, lawyer, diplomat, inventor and linguist, founder of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
• Letelier, Michelle , French statesman.
• Lefort, Franz Yakovlevich , Russian statesman and military leader, admiral, adviser to Peter I.
• False Dmitry I , the Russian tsar-impostor, posing as the youngest son of Ivan IV the Terrible - Tsarevich Dmitry.
• Locke, John , English teacher, philosopher, representative of empiricism and liberalism.
• Louvois, Francois-Michel Marquis de , French statesman, Secretary of State for Military Affairs, proxy for Louis XIV .
• Louis II de Bourbon-Conde , 4th Prince of Conde, French commander, generalissimo.
• Louis XIII , king of France and Navarre (1610-1643) from the Bourbon dynasty.
• Louis XIV , king of France and Navarre (1643-1715) from the Bourbon dynasty.
• Lully, Jean Baptiste , French composer, violinist, conductor, teacher, creator of the French national opera.
• Madame de Rambouillet , Marquise de Rambouillet, mistress of the famous Parisian literary salon.
• Madame de Sevigne , French writer, author of the most famous French epistolary "Letters".
• Mazarin, Giulio , political and Catholic church leader, First Minister of France.
• Marie de Medici , Queen of France, second wife of Henry IV of Bourbon, mother of Louis XIII.
• Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne , founder of the first secular women's school in Europe, teacher of children of Louis XIV, his morganatic wife.
• Moliere (Jean-Batiste Pocclain), French comedian, creator of classic comedy, actor, director of the theater.
• Montespan, Francoise-Athenais de , the official favorite of King Louis XIV, the mother of his seven children, had more influence on the royal court of France.
• Newton, Isaac , an outstanding English physicist, mathematician, mechanic and astronomer, one of the creators of classical physics and mechanics.
• Pascal, Blaise , French mathematician, mechanic, physicist, writer and philosopher.
• Perrault, Charles , French poet, writer, critic.
• Peter I , the king of all Russia, the first emperor of the Russian Empire .
• Pierre Beil , influential French philosopher, skeptic, religious critic.
• Razin, Stepan Timofeevich , Don Cossack, leader of the Rebellion Stepan Razin .
• Racine, Jean , an outstanding French playwright.
• Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, aristocrat, influential statesman of France.
• Romanov, Mikhail Fedorovich , Emperor of All Russia, the first Russian Tsar from the Romanov dynasty .
• Segier, Pierre , Chancellor of France, politician.
• Simeon of Polotsk , spiritual writer, theologian, poet, playwright, translator, basilian monk, astrologer.
• Sofya Alekseevna (princess) , a princess from the Romanov clan, ruler-regent of the Russian kingdom.
• Susanin, Ivan Osipovich , a peasant, a Russian national hero who saved the royal family from an attack by the Poles.
• The quietest Alexei Mikhailovich , the second Russian tsar from the Romanov dynasty .
• Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Overgne , French commander, chief marshal of France.
• Fedor III Alekseevich , Russian Tsar from the Romanov dynasty .
• Frederick I , Elector of Brandenburg, First King of Prussia.
• Frederick William I , Elector of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia, Founder of the State of Brandenburg-Prussia .
• Fouquet, Nicolas , France's Superintendent of Finance, Attorney General of the Paris Parliament.
• Hudson, Henry , English navigator.
• Khmelnitsky, Bogdan Mikhailovich , hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army.
• Charpentier, Marc Antoine , French composer.

• 1604 - The foundation of Tomsk .
• 1632 - The foundation of Yakutsk
• 1636 - The foundation of Tambov.
• 1648 - The foundation of Simbirsk .
• 1661 - Foundation of Irkutsk .
• 1683 - 1684 - Formation of the city of Kattakurgan ( Samarkand region (Russian Empire) ) ^[1] .
• 1698 - The foundation of Taganrog .

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