17th century
The 17th century was the century from 1601 to 1700.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s |
Categories: | Births – Deaths Establishments – Disestablishments |
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 17th century are in italics.
17th Century Media
A scene on the ice, Dutch Republic, first half of the 17th century
Persian ambassador during his entry into Kraków for the wedding ceremonies of King Sigismund III of Poland in 1605.
Tsar Michael I of Russia reigned 1613–1645
James I of England and VI of Scotland ruled in the first quarter of the 17th century
Battle of Nördlingen (1634). The Catholic Imperial army, bolstered by professional Habsburg Spanish troops won a great victory in the battle over the combined Protestant armies of Sweden and their German allies
The inauguration of the Royal Academy of Turku in 1640.
The Night Watch or The Militia Company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq, 1642. Oil on canvas; on display at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Taj Mahal, completed by 1653 and commissioned by Shah Jahan, one of the Wonders of the World