Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1600s (pronounced "sixteen-hundreds") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on 1 January 1600, and ended on 31 December 1609. The term "sixteen-hundreds" could also mean the entire century from 1 January 1600 to 31 December 1699. The decade was a period of significant political, scientific, and artistic advancement.
The world map by the Italian Amerigo Vespucci (from whose name the word America is derived) and Belgian Gerardus Mercator shows (besides the classical continents Europe, Africa, and Asia) the Americas as America sive India Nova', New Guinea, and other islands of Southeast Asia, as well as a hypothetical Arctic continent and a yet undetermined Terra Australis.
1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Juan Ponce de León. 1512 – Laws of Burgos
This page presents a timeline of events in English and Scottish history from 1600 until 1699. 1603 – Death of Queen Elizabeth I on 24 March; 1603 England – James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England) 1603 England – Plague
26 July – English scientist Thomas Harriot becomes the first to draw an astronomical object after viewing it through a telescope: he draws a map of the Moon, preceding Galileo by several months. [36] [37] 28 August – English explorer Henry Hudson sailing the Halve Maen in the service of the Dutch East India Company finds Delaware Bay. [1] [38]
1600: By 1600 Spain and Portugal were still the only significant colonial powers. North of Mexico the only settlements were Saint Augustine and the isolated outpost in northern New Mexico. Exploration of the interior was largely abandoned after the 1540s.
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
1600 BC—Tumulus culture started. c. 1600 BC —Nebra skydisk created in what is now Germany. c. 1600 BC —The foundations of the Olmec civilization in southern Mexico. c. 1600 BC —Cycladic civilization ends. c. 1600 BC –1550 BC—"Mask of Agamemnon" Funerary mask, from the royal tombs at Mycenae, Greece, is made. Grave Circle A.