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