17th century
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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700.
The 17th century falls into the Early Modern period of Europe and was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement and the beginning of modern science and philosophy, including the contributions of Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Isaac Newton; Europe was torn by warfare throughout the century by the Thirty Years' War, while European colonization of the Americas began in earnest.
The year 1600 is hailed by many as the beginning of the era of modern freethought, as it is marked by the execution in Italy of Giordano Bruno by the Holy Inquisition.
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Significant people
Visual artists
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor, architect (1598 – 1680)
- Francesco Borromini, Italian sculptor, architect (1599–1667)
- Frans Hals (1580–1666)
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter (1617 – 1682)
- José de Ribera, Lo Spagnoletto (1591 – 1652)
- Rembrandt van Rijn, Dutch painter (1606 – 1669)
- Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, 1577 – 1640
- Jan Steen (1626–1679)
- Ruisdael (1628–1682)
- Jiang Tingxi, Chinese painter, calligrapher, encyclopedist, foreign delegate to Japan (1669 – 1732)
- Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish painter (1599–1660)
- Johannes Vermeer, Dutch Painter (1632 – 1675)
- Francisco Zurbarán, Spanish Painter (1598 – 1664)
Literature
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish dramatist (1600 – 1681)
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish author (1574 – 1616)
- Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (1606 – 1684)
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic (1636 – 1711)
- Daniel Defoe, English writer, novelist (1659 or 1661 – 1731)
- John Donne, English metaphysical poet (1572 – 1631)
- John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright (1631 – 1700)
- Jean de La Fontaine, French poet (1621 – 1695)
- Andreas Gryphius, German poet and dramatist (1616 – 1664)
- Ben Jonson, English dramatist c.1572 – 1637)
- John Milton, English author and poet (1608 – 1674)
- Molière, French dramatist, actor, director (1622 – 1673)
- Miyamoto Musashi, famous Samurai warrior in Japan, author of 'The Book of Five Rings,' a treatise on strategy and martial combat, poet, painter, (1584 – 1645)
- Samuel Pepys, English civil servant and diarist (1633 – 1703)
- Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (1580 – 1645)
- Jean Racine, French dramatist (1639 – 1699)
- William Shakespeare, English author and poet (1564 – 1616)
- Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (1562 – 1635)
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet (1647 – 1680)
Musicians and composers
- Johann Christoph Bach, Composer and great-uncle of the genius, (1642–1703)
- Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer of genius (1685–1750)
- Georg Friedrich Handel, German Composer (1685–1759)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (1632 – 1687)
- Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer of Renaissance and Baroque music, and possibly the first opera ever (1567 – 1643)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), German composer
- Henry Purcell, English composer (1659 – 1695)
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, French composer and the subject of a 1991 film Tous les matins du monde (c. 1640 – 1700)
- Antonio Vivaldi Italian composer (four seasons concerti) (1678–1741)
Science and philosophy
- Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician (1561–1626)
- Sir Thomas Browne, English author, philosopher and scientist (1605–1682)
- Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer, (1605–1694)
- Abraham Darby I, English Ironmaster, Introduced the first coke-consuming blast furnace (1678 – 1717)
- René Descartes, French philosopher and mathematician (1596 – 1650)
- Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician 1601 – 1665
- Galileo Galilei, Italian natural philosopher (1564 – 1642)
- Pierre Gassendi, (1592 – 1655), French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer/astrologer [1], and mathematician
- William Harvey, medical doctor (1578 – 1657)
- Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and mathematician (1588 – 1679)
- Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629 – 1695)
- Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (1571 – 1630)
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch scientist and the first person to use a microscope to view bacteria (1632 – 1723)
- Christopher Wren, English architect and scientist (1632 – 1723)
- Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher and mathematician (1646 – 1716)
- John Locke, English philosopher (1632 – 1704)
- Marin Mersenne, (1588 – 1648), French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, referred to as the father of acoustics.
- Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642 – 1727)
- Blaise Pascal, French theologian, mathematician and physicist (1623 – 1662
- Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (1632 – 1677)
- Sir Anthony Weldon (1583–1648), English courtier and politician.
Politics
- Anne of Austria, Queen consort and regent of France (1601 – 1666)
- Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (1594–1632)
- Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, lover of Louis XIV (1641 – 1707)
- Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV (1635 – 1719)
- Guru Teg Bahadur, 9th Sikh Guru (1621 – 1675)
- Gabriel Bethlen, Hungarian prince of Transylvania (1580–1629)
- Shivaji Bhonsle, Hindu king, 1st Maratha ruler, established Hindavi Swaraj (1630–1680)
- Queen Christina of Sweden, high profile Catholic convert, matron of arts (1626 – 1689)
- Charles I of England (1600 – 1649)
- Charles II of England (1630 – 1685)
- Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1599 – 1658)
- Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland (1626 – 1712)
- Elizabeth I of England (1533 – 1603)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu, The founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, (1543 – 1616)
- James I of England (1566 – 1625)
- James II of England (1633 – 1701)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640 – 1705)
- Louis XIV, King of France (1638 – 1715)
- Mary II of England (1662 – 1694)
- Cardinal Mazarin, French cardinal and politician of Italian origin (1602 – 1661)
- André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (1613 – 1700)
- Peter the Great, Russian tsar (1672 – 1725)
- Philip IV of Spain, Spanish king (1605 – 1665)
- Popé, Tewa religious leader, led the Pueblo Revolt (ca. 1630 – ca. 1688)
- Samarth Ramdas, Hindu saint (1608 – 1681)
- Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal, duke, and politician (1585 – 1642)
- Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (1607 – 1676)
- Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1629 – 1696)
- Tessouat, Chief of the Algonquin
- Imre Thököly, prince of Transylvania, leader of the anti-Habsburg uprising in Hungary (1657 – 1705)
- Sant Tukaram, Hindu saint (1600 – 1650)
- Albrecht von Wallenstein, Catholic German general in the Thirty Years' War (1583 – 1634)
- William III of England (1650 – 1702), Stadtholder of the main provinces of the Republic of the United Provinces and King of England
- Johan de Witt, Grand Pensionary of the Republic of the United Provinces – 1625 – 1672
See also
List of years
- 1700 - 1699 - 1698 - 1697 - 1696 - 1695 - 1694 - 1693 - 1692 - 1691
- 1690 - 1689 - 1688 - 1687 - 1686 - 1685 - 1684 - 1683 - 1682 - 1681
- 1680 - 1679 - 1678 - 1677 - 1676 - 1675 - 1674 - 1673 - 1672 - 1671
- 1670 - 1669 - 1668 - 1667 - 1666 - 1665 - 1664 - 1663 - 1662 - 1661
- 1660 - 1659 - 1658 - 1657 - 1656 - 1655 - 1654 - 1653 - 1652 - 1651
- 1650 - 1649 - 1648 - 1647 - 1646 - 1645 - 1644 - 1643 - 1642 - 1641
- 1640 - 1639 - 1638 - 1637 - 1636 - 1635 - 1634 - 1633 - 1632 - 1631
- 1630 - 1629 - 1628 - 1627 - 1626 - 1625 - 1624 - 1623 - 1622 - 1621
- 1620 - 1619 - 1618 - 1617 - 1616 - 1615 - 1614 - 1613 - 1612 - 1611
- 1610 - 1609 - 1608 - 1607 - 1606 - 1605 - 1604 - 1603 - 1602 - 1601
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