17th Century Events - Statistics

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Year Hint Answer % Correct
1603 This female monarch dies, having reigned since 1558 Elizabeth I
90%
1606 This member of the Gunpowder Plot falls to his death from the scaffold before his execution Guy Fawkes
88%
1605 First publication of this foundational Spanish novel Don Quixote
86%
1620 This ship of Puritan colonists arrives in Massachusetts Mayflower
86%
1614 Practice of this religion is banned in Japan Christianity
83%
1621 A feast at Plymouth marks the first occasion of this North American holiday Thanksgiving
83%
1613 This London theatre is destroyed by fire Globe
81%
1612 The astronomer Galileo discovers this planet but mistakenly classes it as a star Neptune
79%
1664 This new name is given by the English to the captured city of New Amsterdam New York
79%
1616 This Native American woman is taken to London and becomes a celebrity Pocahontas
76%
1665 An outbreak of this medieval disease in London kills tens of thousands Bubonic plague
74%
1662 Final sighting of this now-extinct flightless bird Dodo
74%
1636 The foundation of this university, today one of the world's most prestigious Harvard
74%
1666 This European city is razed by fire London
74%
1617 The first use of one-way streets is documented in this city London
71%
1663 John Eliot publishes a translation of this book in the Massachusett language Bible
69%
1684 This future Russian empress is born into a peasant family Catherine I
69%
1647 Celebration of this religious festival is banned in England Christmas
69%
1618 This English adventurer is beheaded at the Palace of Westminster Sir Walter Raleigh
69%
1632 Construction begins on this Asian monument Taj Mahal
69%
1687 This English physicist publishes his three laws of motion Isaac Newton
67%
1607 This town is established, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas Jamestown
67%
1644 This dynasty rises to power in China, and will rule until 1912 Qing dynasty
67%
1649 This English king is beheaded in Whitehall Charles I
64%
1615 The writings of this scientist are submitted to the Roman Inquisition for heresy Galileo Galilei
64%
1653 This dictator assumes control of the British Isles Oliver Cromwell
64%
1626 The newly-crowned Charles I dissolves this institution Parliament
62%
1648 The Peace of Westphalia brings an end to this war Thirty Years' War
60%
1630 This major American city is founded Boston
57%
1640 A revolt breaks out in this Spanish region Catalonia
57%
1608 Foundation of this city on the Saint Lawrence River Quebec City
57%
1650 This French philosopher dies in Stockholm Rene Descartes
57%
1700 Most of Protestant Western Europe, barring Britain, begins using this calendar Gregorian
55%
1670 This company is granted a royal charter to operate the fur trade in North America Hudson's Bay Company
55%
1682 The foundation of this city of brotherly love Philadelphia
55%
1661 The Treaty of Cardis ends hostilities between Sweden and this country Russia
55%
1637 This speculative economic bubble collapses in the Netherlands Tulip mania
55%
1689 The English Bill of Rights bars adherents of this religion from the throne Catholicism
52%
1622 Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion of this Asian city Macau
52%
1677 Missionary Louis Hennepin becomes the first European to see this waterfall Niagara Falls
52%
1693 This European island is devastated by an earthquake Sicily
52%
1643 Evangelista Torricelli invents this device for measuring air pressure Barometer
50%
1602 Foundation of this Dutch mega-corporation Dutch East India Company
50%
1688 William III seizes the English throne in the ________ Revolution Glorious Revolution
50%
1669 The final formal meeting of this once-powerful league of Baltic merchants Hanseatic League
50%
1675 Construction begins on this London observatory Royal Greenwich
50%
1667 This English poet publishes his masterpiece, Paradise Lost John Milton
48%
1686 Russia signs a peace treaty with this neighbouring country Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
48%
1658 This country's army marches across the frozen sea to attack its neighbour Sweden
48%
1633 Jesuit missionaries are expelled from this African empire Ethiopia
45%
1638 This European nation establishes a colony on the Delaware River Sweden
45%
1683 Defeat for the Ottoman Empire at this battle turns the tide of the Great Turkish War Battle of Vienna
43%
1652 The Dutch East India Company establishes this colony in Africa Cape Colony
43%
1673 This English architect is knighted Sir Christopher Wren
43%
1609 This English mariner explores what will become New York State Henry Hudson
40%
1690 The first paper money in North America is issued in this colony Massachusetts
40%
1641 A Dutch trading post is established in this Japanese city Nagasaki
40%
1668 England and the Netherlands enter a short-lived alliance with this third country Sweden
40%
1694 The foundation of this national bank Bank of England
38%
1655 Astronomer Christiaan Huygens discovers this moon of Saturn Titan
38%
1645 The ___ _____ Army is established by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War New Model Army
36%
1642 Rembrandt completes this painting, generally considered his masterpiece The Night Watch
36%
1678 Paul Bunyan publishes the first part of this Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress
36%
1601 This Nordic astronomer dies under mysterious circumstances in Prague Tycho Brahe
33%
1625 A Dutch trading post is established on this island Manhattan
31%
1660 This English parliamentarian begins keeping his famous diary Samuel Pepys
31%
1651 Thomas Hobbes publishes this treatise on society and government Leviathan
29%
1611 This play, Shakespeare's last solo production, is performed for the first time The Tempest
29%
1627 This European species of wild cattle goes extinct Auroch
26%
1659 The first settlers arrive on this isolated Atlantic island St Helena
26%
1623 First publication of this collection of Shakespeare's plays First Folio
24%
1654 This French philosopher experiences a religious vision which marks him for life Blaise Pascal
21%
1610 This Baroque painter dies in Tuscany Caravaggio
21%
1692 An infamous massacre occurs in this Scottish glen Glen Coe
17%
1696 The death at age 27 of this mentally and physically disabled Russian Tsar Ivan V
14%
1695 This unpopular tax is introduced in England Window tax
14%
1674 The skeletal remains of these princes are discovered at the Tower of London Princes in the Tower
12%
1634 This Bohemian military leader is assassinated by soldiers in his own forces Albrecht von Wallenstein
10%
1697 Thomas Aikenhead becomes the last person in Great Britain executed for this crime Blasphemy
10%
1631 This explorer of Virginia dies in London John Smith
10%
1619 This Holy Roman Emperor dies without leaving an heir Matthias
10%
1628 This vessel sinks in Stockholm Harbour on her maiden voyage Vasa
10%
1672 The __ ____ brothers are slaughtered by a mob in The Hague de Witt
7%
1656 Birth of this English astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley
7%
1657 The Spanish treasure fleet is sunk by English ships in a raid on this island Tenerife
7%
1699 This pirate is arrested in Boston William Kidd
7%
1629 This Dutch ship is wrecked off Western Australia, leading to mutiny and massacre Batavia
5%
1676 This Virginia landholder instigates an uprising against the colonial government Nathaniel Bacon
5%
1680 This Marathi warrior-king dies of dysentery Shivaji
5%
1671 This drunken Irishman unsuccessfully attempts to steal the Crown Jewels in London Thomas Blood
5%
1681 This English priest is arrested for fabricating the Popish Plot Titus Oates
5%
1639 Beginning of the _______ Wars between Scottish Royalists and Covenanters Bishops'
2%
1691 A Jacobite army departs Ireland, the Flight of the ____ _____ Wild Geese
2%
1624 This Thomas Middleton play is banned for its allusions to the Spanish Match A Game at Chess
0%
1685 This battle is the last major engagement to be fought on English soil Battle of Sedgemoor
0%
1698 The establishment of this short-lived Scottish colony in Central America Darien scheme
0%
1679 The brigantine Le _______ is towed up the Niagara River to become the first ship to sail the Great Lakes Griffon
0%
1604 This supernova appears, named for the German astronomer who described it Kepler's Supernova
0%
1635 This Englishman dies at the alleged age of 152 Old Tom Parr
0%
1646 Defeat for the Royalists at the Battle of __________ in Devon Torrington
0%
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