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Opening from the Royal Society's copy of the 1664 1st book edition. 1662 Sylva paper was presented to the Royal Society on 16 February 1662.; 1664 Sylva First Edition book printed by publisher John Martyn for the Royal Society, and the first book published after the granting of their Royal Charter as publishers in 1662.
("A Summary of the Famous Writers of Great Britain, that is, of England, Wales and Scotland"; 1548–9) 1549 Johannes Aal – Johannes der Täufer (St. John Baptist) The Complaynt of Scotland; 1550 Martin Bucer – De regno Christi; The Facetious Nights of Straparola published in Italian, the first European storybook to contain fairy-tales; 1552
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Braille published his book "procedure for writing words, music, and plainsong in dots", in 1829. [71] In 1854 France made Braille the "official communication system for blind individuals". [ 69 ] Valentin Haüy was the first person to put Braille on paper in the form of a book. [ 70 ]
The Levellers' agenda developed in tandem with growing dissent within the New Model Army in the wake of the First Civil War. Early drafts of the Agreement of the People emanated from army circles and appeared before the Putney Debates of October and November 1647, and a final version, appended and issued in the names of prominent Levellers Lt. Col. Lilburne, Walwyn, Overton and Prince appeared ...
1600s; 1610s; 1620s; 1630s; 1640s; 1650s; Subcategories. This category has the following 12 subcategories, out of 12 total. 0–9. 1600 in literature (2 C, 1 P ...
January 1 – The Admiral's Men perform Dekker's The Shoemaker's Holiday at the English Court. [1]January 8 – Carpenter Peter Street is contracted to build the Fortune Playhouse just north of the City of London by theatrical manager Philip Henslowe and his stepson-in-law, the leading actor Edward Alleyn, for the Admiral's Men, who move there from The Rose by the end of the year.
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.