Europe in the 17th century

  • 1564

    Galileo proves the Earth orbits the Sun

    Galileo proves the Earth orbits the Sun
    He held that the Earth revolved around the Sun, which contradicted the belief that the Earth was the center of the Universe.
  • Philip III of Spain

    Philip III of Spain
    Philip III (1578-1621), king of Spain between 1598 and 1621, was the son of Philip II and his fourth wife, Anne of Austria. Upon the death of his father in 1598 he occupied the throne of Spain and Portugal.
  • 30 years war

    30 years war
    The Thirty Years' War was a war in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, in which most of the great European powers of the time intervened.
  • Philip IV of spain

    Philip IV of spain
    Son of Philip III and Margaret of Austria, he reigned between 1621 and 1665, after the unexpected death of his father on March 31, when he had just turned 16.
  • Peace of westfalia

    Peace of westfalia
    The Peace of Westphalia refers to a series of multilateral treaties signed in the Westphalian region.
  • Charles II of spain

    Charles II of spain
    Charles II of Spain, called "the Bewitched", was king of Spain between 1665 and 1700. Son and heir of Philip IV and Mariana of Austria, he remained under the regency of his mother until he came of age in 1675.
  • Treaty of Utrecht

    Treaty of Utrecht
    A set of treaties signed by the antagonist states in the War of the Spanish Succession between the years 1713 and 1715 in the Dutch city of Utrecht and the German city of Rastatt.
  • Louis XIV death

    Louis XIV death
    Louis XIV, nicknamed the Great or the Sun King, was king of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His reign, of 72 years and 110 days, is the longest in history whose date can be verifiable.
  • diderot and d ́alembert started publishing the encyclopedia

    diderot and d ́alembert started publishing the encyclopedia
    The earliest encyclopedic work to have survived to modern times is the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder
  • 7 years war

    7 years war
    The Seven Years' War was a series of international conflicts between early 1756 and late 1763 to establish control over Silesia and for colonial supremacy in North America and India.
  • First industrial revolution

    First industrial revolution
    The Industrial Revolution or First Industrial Revolution is the process of economic, social and technological transformation that began in the second half of the 18th century in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
  • American Revolution

    American Revolution
    The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution based on the principles of the American Enlightenment that generally occurred in British America
  • Edward jenner-vaccine

    Edward jenner-vaccine
    Dr Edward Jenner created the world's first successful vaccine. He found out that people infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox.
  • French revolution

    French revolution
    The French Revolution was a social and political conflict, with various periods of violence, that convulsed France
  • Spanish war of succesion

    Spanish war of succesion
    The War of the Spanish Succession was an international war that lasted from 1701 until the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.