Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Deaths: • Elizabeth I,…
Category: 17th Century
1606
Rulers: • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684) • Rembrandt (1606-1669) Literature: • Middleton, Thomas…
1660
Rulers: • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) Events: • Royal Society established in London. • Santa Maria del Popolo completed in Rome. Deaths: • Flinck, Govert (1615-1660) • Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Literature: • Molière (1622-1673): Sganarelle ou Le Cocu imaginaire (1660) Architecture: • Palace of Placentia, or Greenwich Palace (England) is demolished. • Santa…
1602
Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Hofdyck, Corvina van (1602-1667) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Troilus and Cressida (1600-02) Architecture: • Pio…
1678
Births: • Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741) Deaths: • Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) • Jordaens, Jacob (1593-1678) • Martens, Baertje (1596-1678) Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Diana ed Endimione (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Cleopatra’s Banquet (c.1675-80) • Lairesse, Gérard de (1641-1711): Hagar in the Desert (1675-80) • Murillo,…
1601
Rulers: • Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) • Henri III, King of Navarre (1572-1610) • Henri IV, King of France (1589-1610) • James VI, King of Scotland (1567-1625) Births: • Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-1678) • Cagnacci, Guido (1601-1663) Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Hamlet (1599-1601)…
1625
Rulers: • Charles I, King of England (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Ireland (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Scotland (1625-1649) • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • James I, King of England and Ireland (1603-1625) • James…
1638
Rulers: • Charles I, King of England (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Ireland (1625-1649) • Charles I, King of Scotland (1625-1649) • Felipe IV, King of Spain (1621-1665) • Felipe IV, King of Portugal (1621-1640) • Francesco I d’Este, Duke of Modena and Reggio (1629-1658) • Urbanus…
1697
Births: • Canaletto (1697-1768) Architecture: • St Paul’s Cathedral consecrated in London. Art: • Giordano, Luca (1634-1705): Omaggio a Velázquez (c.1692-1700)
1680
Events: • Masaccio (1401-1428): Cacciata di Adamo ed Eva dal paradiso terrestre (c.1424-28) has fig leaves added to conceal the genitals of the figures by order of Cosimo III de’ Medici. Deaths: • Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) • Post, Frans (1612-1680) Art:…