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1605 bracket Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote de la Mancha, the first modern novel.

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Pocahontas 1596 - 1617
Pocahontas
(1596-1617)

1606 bracket Jamestown, Virginia, established-first permanent English colony on American mainland. Pocahontas, daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves life of John Smith.

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1609
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Johannes Kepler publishes his Laws of Planetary Motion which explained the movement of planets around the sun.

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Galileo Galilei 1564 - 1642
Galileo Galilei 
(1564-1642)

1610 bracket
Galileo
Galilei sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope. Galileo also showed the Copernican system in which the planets circle the sun was correct.

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1611
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King James Version of the Bible published in England.

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William Shakespeare 1564 - 1616
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)

1616 bracket William Shakespeare dies.

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1618 bracket
Start of the Thirty Years' War - Protestants revolt against Catholic oppression; Denmark, Sweden, and France invade Germany in later phases of war. Johannes Kepler proposes last of three laws of planetary motion.

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  1619 bracket
The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown.
(Slavery is made legal in 1650.)


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The Mayflower
The Mayflower

1620 bracket Pilgrims from England arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on the Mayflower.

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  1626
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Peter Minuit buys Manhattan island for the Dutch from Man-a-hat-a Indians for goods worth $24. The island is renamed New Amsterdam.

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  1630 bracket Boston is founded by Massachusetts colonists led by John Winthrop.

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The Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal

1631 bracket
The Taj Mahal is built in India (1631 - 1653)

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1633 bracket The Spanish Inquisition forces Galileo Galilei to recant his belief in Copernican theory.

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Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn 1606 - 1669
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn
(1606-1669)

1642 bracket
English Civil War. Cavaliers, supporters of Charles I, against Roundheads, parliamentary forces. Oliver Cromwell defeats Royalists (1646). Parliament demands reforms. Charles I offers concessions, brought to trial (1648), beheaded (1649). Cromwell becomes Lord Protector (1653). Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn paints his Night Watch.

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  1644
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End of Ming Dynasty in China-Manchus come to power. René Descartes's Principles of Philosophy.

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1648
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End of the Thirty Years' War. German population about half of what it was in 1618 because of war and pestilence.

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Oliver Cromwell 1649 - 1658
Oliver Cromwell
(1649-1658 )

1658 bracket Oliver Cromwell dies; son Richard resigns and Puritan government collapses.

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  1660
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English Parliament calls for the restoration of the monarchy; invites Charles II to return from France.

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  1661
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Charles II is crowned King of England. Louis XIV begins personal rule as absolute monarch; starts to build Versailles.

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Isaac Newton 1642 - 1727
Isaac Newton
(1642-1727)

1664 bracket
Isaac Newton's experiments with gravity. The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch. The city is renamed New York.

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1665 bracket Great Plague in London kills 75,000.

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1699
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French settlers move into Mississippi and Louisiana.

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The content contained within this timeline is aligned with the National Center for History in the Schools: World History Standards for Grades 7-12 and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Social Studies Grade 8.

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