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Encyclopedia > Year in Review 17th Century
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time , the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601 -1700 .
England and the United Provinces increased; while that of Spain and Portugal declined. Similarly, the power of the Habsburg Monarchy and Venetian Republic increased, while that of the Ottoman Empire declined.
Events Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific revolution . Union of the Crowns of Scotland and England in 1603 . The Thirty Years' War in Europe (1618 - 1648 ). James I of England institutes the baronetage as a means of raising money.Scottish and English Protestants sent to colonize Ireland , as reaction to Catholicism there.The English Civil War (1642 - 1651 ). The Manchu conquer the Chinese Ming Dynasty and begin the Qing Dynasty , the last imperial dynasty of China , in 1644 . The Dutch republic known as the United Provinces became the dominant economic and political power in Europe , gaining formal independence from Spain in 1648 . It also underwent crashes, e.g. the windhandel in tulips led to many bankruptcies in 1637 . The Dutch East India Company was established in 1602 , embarking on colonial expansion based on shareholdership rather than royal control. Dutch merchant ships sail all over the world, leading to the "Golden Age of the Dutch Republic ". The Deluge (1648 - 1667 ): series of wars and civil wars in Poland with Sweden , Russia , Brandenburg and Transylvania which caused Poland to lose power status and began rise of Russia to power status.The Great Turkish war is fought between the Ottoman Empire and a Holy League formed to oppose it, lasts between 1683 and 1699 . It started with another Battle of Vienna and ended with a major defeat of the Ottomans. The Russo-Turkish Wars start.
Significant people Sir Thomas Browne , English author,philosopher and scientist (1605 -1682 ). Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra , Spanish Author (1574 - 1616 )Queen Christina of Sweden , high profile catholic convert, matron of arts (1626 - 1689 ) Oliver Cromwell , Lord Protector of England (1599 - 1658 )René Descartes , French philosopher and mathematician (1596 - 1650 )Galileo Galilei , Italian scientist (1564 - 1642 )Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher (1588 - 1679 )Christiaan Huygens , Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629 - 1695 )Gottfried Leibniz , German philosopher and mathematician (1646 - 1716 )John Locke , English philosopher (1632 - 1704 )John Milton , English Author and Poet (1608 - 1674 )Isaac Newton , English physicist and mathematician (1642 - 1727 )Blaise Pascal , French theologian, mathematician and physicist (1623 - 1662 )Henry Purcell , English composer (1659 - 1695 )William Shakespeare , English author and poet (1564 - 1616 )Baruch Spinoza , Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677 )Seathrún Céitinn , Irish historian (ca. 1569 - ca. 1644 )
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