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"Philadelphia Timeline, 1646–1899". UsHistory.org. Philadelphia: Independence Hall Association. "PhillyHistory". City of Philadelphia. (online database of maps and photos, searchable by time period) "Philadelphia", American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection, USA – via University of Wisconsin, c. 1777–1943
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
Early modern period – The chronological limits of this period are open to debate. It emerges from the Late Middle Ages (c. 1500), demarcated by historians as beginning with the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in forms such as the Italian Renaissance in the West, the Ming dynasty in the East, and the rise of the Aztecs in the New World.
Years of the 17th century in Pennsylvania (19 C) Years of the 18th century in Pennsylvania (94 C) ... Timeline of Philadelphia; Timeline of Pittsburgh
Timeline of Philadelphia; 0–9. 75th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment; 1835 Philadelphia general strike; ... List of libraries in 19th-century Philadelphia;
For a timeline of events prior to 1501, see 15th century § Events; For a timeline of events from 1501 to 1600, see 16th century § Significant events; For a timeline of events from 1601 to 1700, see Timeline of the 17th century; For a timeline of events from 1701 to 1800, see Timeline of the 18th century
1606: Time of Troubles: Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia. 1606 : The Dutch East India Company enters into an alliance with the Johor Sultanate to attack Portuguese Malacca , but they are repelled. 1606 : Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch East India Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make ...
Philadelphia was created in the 17th century, following the plan by William Penn's surveyor Thomas Holme. Center City is structured with long, straight streets running nearly due east–west and north–south, forming a grid pattern between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers that is aligned with their courses.