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Event
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Answer
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1600
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This philosopher burned at the stake
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Giordano Bruno
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1601
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This composer publishes Le nuove musiche
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Giulio Caccini
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1602
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This library is opened at the University of Oxford
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Bodleian
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1603
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This period of Japanese history begins
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Edo
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1604
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The compilation of this Sikh scripture is completed
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Sri Guru Granth Sahib
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1605
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This Mughal emperor dies
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Akbar the Great
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1606
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Trial of gravediggers in this Bohemian town
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Frankenstein
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1607
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Papal interdict against this city is lifted
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Venice
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1608
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This principality founded
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Liechtenstein
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1609
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This scientist demonstrates the telescope
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Galileo Galilei
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1610
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This French king is assassinated
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Henry IV
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1611
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This poet publishes Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum
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Emilia Lanyer
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1612
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This composer publishes Terpsichore
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Michael Praetorius
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1613
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This Algonquian princess captured
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Pocahontas
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1614
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Bartholomew Fair by this playwright performed
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Ben Jonson
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1615
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This artist completes Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
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Artemisia Gentileschi
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1616
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This playwright dies
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William Shakespeare
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1617
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This occult philosopher publishes Utriusque Cosmi
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Robert Fludd
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1618
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This event precipitates the Thirty Years' War
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Defenestration of Prague
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1619
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This meeting of Calvinists concludes with a rejection of Arminian theology
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Synod of Dort
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1620
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Francis Bacon publishes this philosophical treatise
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Novum Organum
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1621
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Dutch massacre of indigenous population of this island
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Banda
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1622
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This Ottoman Sultan strangled by Janissaries
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Osman II
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1623
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This Italian poet publishes L'Adone
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Giambattista Marino
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1624
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Jesuits expelled from this country
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Japan
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1625
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Francesca Caccini composes this opera
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La liberazione di Ruggiero
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1626
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Ambrosio I Nimi a Nkanga becomes monarch of this kingdom
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Kongo
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1627
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This bovine species goes exinct
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Aurochs
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1628
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This physician publishes De Motu Cordis, describing pulmonary and systemic circulation
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William Harvey
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1629
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Is crowned as the shah of Persia
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Safi
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1630
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This artist paints A Game of Tric Trac, The Happy Couple, and Self-portrait
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Judith Leyster
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1631
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Shah Jahan commissions this mausoleum
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Taj Mahal
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1632
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This Ethiopian emperor declares Ethiopian Orthodoxy to be the state religion, ending a Roman Catholic period
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Fasilides
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1633
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This cleric becomes archbishop of Canterbury
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William Laud
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1634
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This midwife publishes Collection of Secrets, an obstetrics manual
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Louise Bourgeois Boursier
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1635
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This artist completes The Garden of Love
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Peter Paul Rubens
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1636
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This university is founded
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Harvard
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1637
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This Massachusetts woman is tried and convicted during the Antinomian Controversy
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Anne Hutchinson
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1638
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This playwright writes Los tres mayores prodigios (The Three Greatest Wonders)
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Pedro Calderón de la Barca
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1639
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This Ursuline nun departs France for Canada
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Marie de l'Incarnation
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1640
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The first book printed in North America
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The Bay Psalm Book
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1641
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Publishes the Meditations on First Philosophy
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René Descartes
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1642
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This female Ethiopian religious leader dies
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Walatta-Petros
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1643
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This final opera by Claudio Monteverdi performed
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L'Incoronazione di Poppea
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1644
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Qing rulers seize this capital from Ming rulers
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Beijing
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1645
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Bamana forces invade and destroy this empire
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Mali
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1646
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This sister of a philosopher converts to Jansenism
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Jacqueline Pascal
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1647
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The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America by this poet published
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Anne Bradstreet
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1648
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This Jewish mystic declares himself the Messiah
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Sabbatai Zevi
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1649
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This English king is beheaded
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Charles I
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1650
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This cleric publishes Rules and Exercises of Holy Living
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Jeremy Taylor
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1651
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First performance of La Calisto by this composer
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Francesco Cavalli
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1652
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This religious leader has a vision on Pendle Hill
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George Fox
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1653
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Completes the Krishnanattam, a series of dance dramas on the life of Krishna
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Manaveda
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1654
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This composer publishes Cantate e ariette, op. 3
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Barbara Strozzi
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1655
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This author and philosopher writes The World's Olio
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Margaret Cavendish
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1656
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This artist paints Las Meninas
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Diego Velázquez
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1657
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This drink is introduced to England
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Tea
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1658
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This poet writes the play Absurda Comica oder Herr Peter Sqenz
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Andreas Gryphius
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1659
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This Icelandic pastor completes his Píslarsaga (Story of My Sufferings)
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Jón Magnússon
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1660
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This member of parliament begins writing his diary
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Samuel Pepys
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1661
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Beginning of reign of this Chinese emperor, the longest-serving
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Kangxi
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1662
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This artist paints The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild
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Rembrandt
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1663
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Ascends as queen regnant of Ndongo and Matamba
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Mukambu Mbandi
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1664
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This playwright writes Tartuffe
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Molière
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1665
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This artist paints Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Jan Vermeer
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1666
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Starts in Pudding Lane
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Great Fire of London
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1667
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The opera house opens in this German city
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Dresden
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1668
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Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen publishes this novel
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Simplicius Simplicissimus
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1669
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This Mughal emperor issues decree for protection of Hindu temples
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Aurangzeb
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1670
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This philosopher writes Tractatus Theologico-Politicus
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Baruch Spinoza
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1671
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John Milton publishes this sequel
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Paradise Regained
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1672
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Begins reign as emperor of Vietnam
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Lê Gia Tông
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1673
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The building of this mosque in Lahore completed
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Badshahi Masjid
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1674
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Becomes emperor of Korea
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Sukjong
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1675
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This Mongolian group revolts against the Chinese emperor
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Chahar
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1676
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Atys, an opera by this composer is performed
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
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1677
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This microbiologist discovers the spermatozoon
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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1678
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This author publishes La Princesse de Clèves
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Madame de la Fayette
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1679
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This serial killer is arrested in Paris
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Catherine Deshayes Monvoisin
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1680
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This Native American group engages in the Po'pay's Rebellion against Spanish colonists in New Mexico
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Pueblo
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1681
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This battle takes place between Portuguese Angola and the Kingdom of Matamba
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Battle of Katole
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1682
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This poet writes Religio Laici
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John Dryden
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1683
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Ottomans besiege this city and are defeated by the Habsburgs and Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Vienna
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1684
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This poet composes 23,500 verses in 24 hours
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Ihara Saikaku
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1685
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This Baroque composer born
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Johann Sebastian Bach
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1686
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This bey seizes power in Tunisia
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Mohamed El Mouradi
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1687
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Publishes the Principia Mathematica
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Isaac Newton
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1688
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Aphra Behn publishes this novel
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Oroonoko
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1689
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Publishes Loa to Divine Narcissus
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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1690
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Publishes The Court Midwife
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Justine Siegemund
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1691
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This Jewish businesswoman begins writing her memoirs
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Glückel of Hameln
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1692
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Witch trials begin in this Massachusetts city
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Salem
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1693
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This philosopher publishes Some Thoughts Concerning Education
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John Locke
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1694
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This philosopher publishes A Serious Proposal to the Ladies
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Mary Astell
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1695
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This composer provides music for the funeral of Queen Mary II
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Henry Purcell
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1696
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This misogynistic play is a hit in London
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The Female Wits
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1697
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This writer releases Histoires ou contes du temps passé (English, Mother Goose Tales)
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Charles Perrault
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1698
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Publishes Salmi concertati a 4 voci con strumenti
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Isabella Leonarda
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1699
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Guru Gobind Singh establishes this Sikh community
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Khalsa
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