| 1600 |
Formation of the English
East India Company |
| 1602 |
Formation of the Dutch
East India Company |
| 1604-1613 |
Time of Troubles in Russia |
| 1605 |
Publication of Cervantes'
Don Quixote. |
| 1607 |
Suppression of Protestantism
in Donauworth. |
| 1608 |
Formation of the Protesant Union |
| 1609 |
Letter of Majesty issued for Bohemia |
| 1609 |
Formation of the Catholic League |
| 1609 |
Expulsion of the Moriscos |
| 1609 |
Johannes Kepler publishes his laws of planetary motion |
1610
14 May |
Assassination of Henry IV |
| 1610 |
Galileo Galilei uses publishes the results of his astronomical observations using a telescope. |
| 1618-1648 |
Thirty Years War |
| 1618-1625 |
Bohemian Phase of the Thirty Years War |
| 1619-1637 |
Reign of Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria |
| 1619-1642 |
Ministry of Cardinal Richelieu |
1620
8 November |
Battle of White Mountain |
| 1621-1665 |
Reign of Philip IV of Spain |
| 1621-1665 |
Twelve Years Truce between Spain and the Dutch Rebels |
| 1625-1629 |
Danish Phase of the Thirty Years War |
1625
5 June |
Capture of Breda by Spinola's Spanish army |
1626
24-27 August |
Battle of Lutter |
| 1627-1628 |
Siege of La Rochelle, surrendered on 28 October |
| 1628 |
William Harvey discovers the circulation of the blood |
1629
28 March |
Edict of Restitution |
| 1630-1634 |
Swedish Phase of the Thirty Years War |
1630
4 July |
Gustavus Adolphus lands in Germany |
1630
11 November |
The Day of the Dupes |
1631
13 Apr. |
Sack of Magdeburg |
631
17 Sept. |
Battle of Breitenfeld |
1632
15-16 April |
Battle of the River Lech |
1632
31 Aug-4 Sept |
Battle of Alte Veste |
1632
30 October |
Conspiracy of Gaston and the Duke of Montmorency |
1632
16 November |
Battle of Lutzen, death of Gustavus Adolphus |
1632
|
Galileo publishes his Two World Systems |
1633
March-April |
Establishment of the Heilbronn League |
| 1634-1648 |
French Phase of the Thirty Years War |
1634
24 February |
Fall and death of Wallenstein |
1634
6 September |
Battle of Nordlingen |
1634
1 November |
Treaty of Paris |
| 1635 |
Establishment of the Academie Francaise |
1635
30 April |
Treaty of Compiegne |
1635
21 May |
France declares war on Spain |
1635
30 May |
Peace of Prague |
| 1636 |
Rebellion of the Croquants in France |
| 1637-1657 |
Reign of Emperor Ferdinand III of Austria |
| 1637 |
Rene Descartes publishes Discourse on Method |
1637
15 February |
Death of Ferdinand II |
1637
10 October |
Dutch recapture Breda |
| 1639 |
Rebellion of the Nu-Pieds in France |
1639
21 October |
Battle of the Downs |
| 1640-1659 |
Revolt of the Catalans |
| 1640-1668 |
Revolt of Portugal |
| 1640-1688 |
Reign of Frederick William the Great Elector of
Brandenburg |
| 1641 |
Conspiracy of Cinq-Mars |
1642
2 November |
Second Battle of Breitenfeld |
1642
4 December |
Death of Richelieu |
1643
14 May |
Death of Louis XIII |
1643
19 May |
Battle of Rocroi |
| 1643-1661 |
Ministry of Cardinal Mazarin |
| 1643-1715 |
Reign of Louis XIV |
| 1648 |
Peace of Westphalia |
| 1648-1653 |
Revolts of the Fronde |
| 1650 |
Coffee introduced into England by this date |
| 1652-1654 |
First Anglo-Dutch War |
| 1654 |
Abdication of Queen Christina of Sweden |
| 1655-1660 |
First Northern War |
| 1656-1661 |
Mohammed Kuprulu serves as Grand Vizier of Ottomans |
| 1657 |
Founding of the Accademia del Cimento |
| 1658-1705 |
Reign of Emperor Leopold I of Austria |
1658
14 June |
Battle of the Dunes |
1659
7 November |
Treaty of the Pyrenees |
| 1661-1678 |
Ahmed Kuprulu serves as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans |
| 1661 |
Death of Mazarin |
| 1662 |
Charles II charters the Royal Society of London |
1664
1 August |
Battle of St. Gotthard |
| 1665-1700 |
Reign of Charles II of Spain |
| 1665-1667 |
Second Anglo-Dutch War |
| 1666 |
Foundation of the Academie Royale des Sciences |
| 1667-1668 |
War of Devolution |
| 1669 |
Blaise Pascal publishes Pensees |
| 1669 |
Isaac Newton discovers calculus |
| 1670-1671 |
Revolt of Stenka Razin in Russia |
| 1672-1678 |
Louis XIV's War with Holland |
| 1672-1674 |
Third Anglo-Dutch War |
1675
28 June |
Battle of Fehrbellin |
| 1678-1683 |
Kara Mustafa as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans |
| 1680-1683 |
Chambers of Reunion |
| 1682-1699 |
Austro-Turkish War |
1683
17 July-12 Sept. |
Siege of Vienna |
1685
18 October |
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes |
1686
9 July |
Formation of the League of Augsburg |
| 1687 |
Isaac Newton publishes Principia Mathematica |
| 1688-1697 |
War of the League of Augsburg or the Grand Alliance |
| 1688-1714 |
Reign of Frederick I of Prussia (as elector from 1688-1701
and king from 1701-1714) |
1688
Nov.-Dec. |
Glorious Revolution in England |
| 1689-1691 |
Mustafa Kuprulu as Grand Vizier of the Ottomans |
| 1689-1702 |
Reign of William and Mary of England (Mary dies in 1694) |
| 1689-1725 |
Reign of Peter the Great of Russia |
1690
1 July |
Battle of Fleurus |
1690
10 July |
Battle of Beachy Head |
1691
19 August |
Battle of Slankamen |
1691
11 July |
Battle of the Boyne |
1692
29 May-3 June |
Battle of LaHogue |
1693
30 June |
Battle of Lagos |
1693
29 July |
Battle of Neerwinden |
| 1695-1697 |
Pierre Bayle publishes his Historical and Critical Dictionary |
| 1697-1698 |
Peter the Great's tour of western Europe |
| 1697-1718 |
Reign of Charles XII of Sweden |
1697
11 September |
Battle of Zenta |
1697
20 Sept-30 Oct. |
Treaty of Ryswick |
1698
11 October |
First Treaty of Partition |
1698
26 January |
Treaty of Karlowitz |
| 1700-1721 |
Great Northern War |
| 1700 |
Foundation of the Berlin Academy |
1700
13 March |
Second Treaty of Partition |
1700
3 Ocober |
Charles II of Spain names Philip of Anjou as his heir |
1700
1 November |
Death of Charles II of Spain |
1700
30 November |
Battle of Narva |
| 1701-1714 |
War of the Spanish Succession |
| 1702-1714 |
Reign of Queen Anne of England |
| 1703 |
Peter the Great founds St. Petersburg |
| 27 December |
Methuen Treaty of trade between Britain and Portugal |
1704
4 August |
British capture of Gibraltar |
1704
13 August |
Battle of Blenheim |
| 1705-1711 |
Reign of Emperor Joseph I of Austria |
| 1705 |
Edmund Halley discovers Halley's Comet |
1706
23 May |
Battle of Ramillies |
1706
7 September |
Battle of Turin |
1708
11 July |
Battle of Oudenarde |
1709
8 July |
Battle of Poltava |
1709
11 September |
Battle of Malpalquet |
| 1711-1740 |
Reign of Emperor Charles VI of Austria |
| 1711 |
Death of Emperor Joseph I |
1712
24 July |
Battle of Denain |
| 1713-1740 |
Reign of Frederick William I of Prussia |
| 1713 |
Emperor Charles VI first reveals the Pragmatic Sanction and works on it the rest of his life. |
1713
11 April |
Treaty of Utrecht |
| 1714-1718 |
Ottoman War with Venice and Austria |
| 1714-1727 |
Reign of George I of England |
1714
Mar.-Sept. |
Treaty of Rastatt and Baden |
| 1715-1774 |
Reign of Louis XV |
1716
5 August |
Battle of Peterwardein |
1718
21 July |
Treaty of Passarowitz |
| 1720 |
Mississippi Bubble in France |
| 1720 |
South Sea Bubble in England |
| 1721 |
Montesquieu publishes Persian Letters |
1721
30 August |
Treaty of Nystadt |
| 1725 |
Publication of Vico's New Science |
| 1725 |
Foundation of the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg by
Peter the Great |
| 1725 |
Publication of John Flamsteed's Catalog of the Stars |
| 1726-1743 |
Administration of Fleury |
| 1727-1760 |
Reign of George II of England |
| 1733-1735 |
War of the Polish Succession |
| 1734 |
Publication of Voltaire's Letters on the English |
| 1739-1741 |
War of Jenkins' Ear |
| 1739 |
Publication of David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature |
1739
21 July |
Treaty of Belgrade |
| 1740-1786 |
Reign of Frederick II the Great of Prussia |
| 1740-1780 |
Reign of Maria Theresa of Austria |
| 1740-1748 |
War of the Austrian Succession |
| 1741-1762 |
Reign of Empress Elizabeth of Russia |
1741
10 April |
Battle of Mollwitz |
1743
27 June |
Battle of Dettingen |
| 1745-1764 |
Era of Madame de Pompadour's influence in France |
1745
11 May |
Battle of Fontenoy |
| 1748 |
Montesquieu publishes Spirit of the Laws |
1748
October |
Treaty of Aix-le-Chapelle |
| 1749 |
Publication of the Comte de Buffon's Natural History |
| 1751-1772 |
Publication of the Encyclopedie by Diderot and d'Alembert |
| 1751-1754 |
Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity |
| 1751 |
Publication of Voltaire's Age of Louis XIV |
1755
1 November |
Great earthquake at Lisbon |
| 1756-1763 |
Seven Years War |
1756
May |
Diplomatic Revolution makes allies of Austria and France |
1757
18 June |
Battle of Kolin |
1757
26 July |
Battle of Hastenbeck |
1757
30 July |
Battle of Grossjagerdorf |
1757
5 November |
Battle of Rossbach |
1757
5 December |
Battle of Leuthen |
| 1758 |
Carl Linnaeus introduces the binomial nomenclature for
classifying plants and animals |
1758
25 August |
Battle of Zorndorf |
1758
14 October |
Battle of Hochkirch |
| 1759 |
Voltaire publishes Candide |
1759
1 May |
Battle of Minden |
1759
12 August |
Battle of Kunersdorf |
1759
3 September |
Expulsion of the Jesuits from Portugal |
| 1760-1820 |
Reign of George III of England |
| 1762-1796 |
Reign of Catherine II the Great of Russia |
| 1762 |
Rousseau publishes Social Contract |
1762
5 January |
Death of Empress Elizabeth of Russia |
1762
5 May |
Treaty of St. Petersburg ends war between Russia and Prussia |
1763
10 February |
Treaty of Paris |
1763
15 February |
Treaty of Hubertusburg |
| 1765-1780 |
Joseph II emperor of Austria and co-regent with his mother
Maria Theresa |
| 1773-1775 |
Revolt of Pugachev in Russia |
| 1774-1792 |
Reign of Louis XVI |
| 1774-1776 |
Ministry of Turgot in France |
| 1775-1783 |
War of American Independence |
| 1776 |
Publication of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations |
| 1776-1788 |
Publication of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of
the Roman Empire |
| 1777-1781 |
Ministry of Necker in France |
| 1780-1790 |
Joseph II sole ruler of Austria |
| 1781 |
Publication of Emmanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason |
| 1783-1787 |
Ministry of Calonne in France |
| 1784-1791 |
Publication of Johann Gottfried Herder's Idea for the
Philosophy of History in four volumes |
| 1785 |
Affair of the Diamond Necklace |
