17th century

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Millennium: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades: 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s

As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700 in the Gregorian calendar.

Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th century.
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Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu is the founder of Japan's last shogunate, which lasted well into the 19th century.

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[edit] Events

[edit] 1600s

[edit] 1610s

[edit] 1620s

Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered one the masterpieces of the century.
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Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), by Gian Lorenzo Bernini is considered one the masterpieces of the century.

[edit] 1630s

[edit] 1640s

[edit] 1650s

[edit] 1660s

[edit] 1670s

[edit] 1680s

[edit] 1690s

[edit] Significant people

[edit] Inventions, discoveries, introductions

List of 17th century inventions

Major changes in philosophy and science take place, often characterized as the Scientific revolution.

[edit] Decades and years

1590s 1590 1591 1592 1593 1594 1595 1596 1597 1598 1599
1600s 1600 1601 1602 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1608 1609
1610s 1610 1611 1612 1613 1614 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619
1620s 1620 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 1626 1627 1628 1629
1630s 1630 1631 1632 1633 1634 1635 1636 1637 1638 1639
1640s 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649
1650s 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659
1660s 1660 1661 1662 1663 1664 1665 1666 1667 1668 1669
1670s 1670 1671 1672 1673 1674 1675 1676 1677 1678 1679
1680s 1680 1681 1682 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 1688 1689
1690s 1690 1691 1692 1693 1694 1695 1696 1697 1698 1699
1700s 1700 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709
Millennium Century
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1st BC: 10th BC 9th BC 8th BC 7th BC 6th BC 5th BC 4th BC 3rd BC 2nd BC 1st BC
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2nd: 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th
3rd: 21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th
4th: 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
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