1600-1700

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown was established.
  • Telescope

    Telescope
    Hans Lippershey invents the refracting telescope.
  • Shakespeare

    Shakespeare
    William Shakespeare dies.
  • Period: to

    Thirty Years War

  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses
    The house of burgesses met for the first time.
  • Submarine

    Submarine
    Cornelis Drebbel invents the submarine.
  • Mayflower

    Mayflower
    Pilgrims arrive to Plymouth Rock on the Mayflower.
  • Period: to

    Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal built.
  • French Settlers

    French Settlers
    French settlers move into Mississippi and Louisiana