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Bookmark or Share- History of Europe - Monarchy, 1648-1789 | BritannicaThe great age of monarchy, 1648–1789 Order from disorder. By the 17th century there was already a tradition and awareness of Europe: a reality stronger than that of an area bounded by sea, mountains, grassy plains, steppes, or deserts where Europe clearly ended and Asia began—“that geographical expression” which in the 19th century Otto von Bismarck was to see as counting for little ...
- Thirty Years’ War - HISTORYThe Thirty Years’ War was a 17th-century religious conflict fought primarily in central Europe. It remains one of the longest and most brutal wars in human history, with more than 8 million ...
- Age of Enlightenment - WikipediaCommunism portal. Organized Labour portal. v. t. e. The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries. [1] [2] The Enlightenment featured a range of social ideas centered on the value of knowledge learned by way of ...
- A timeline of 17th-century Britain - Britain MagazineThe 17th-century was a tumultuous century in British history. Here, we highlight the key dates, from the Gunpowder Plot to the Great Fire of London, via the English Civil War and the Great Plague . 1600: 1603 Accession of King James I (James VI of Scotland), the first Stuart monarch of England:
- American colonies | Facts, History, and Definition | BritannicaIn the 17th century the principal component of the population in the colonies was of English origin, and the second largest group was of African heritage. German and Scotch-Irish immigrants arrived in large numbers during the 18th century. Other important contributions to the colonial ethnic mix were made by the Netherlands, Scotland, and France. New England was almost entirely English, in the ...
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