 dress trains become fashionable Shakespeare "Hamlet" Shakespeare "The Merry Wives of Windsor" English East India Co. founded Dutch opticians invent the telescope Kepler becomes astronomer & astrologer to Emperor Rudolph II Shakespeare "All's Well That Ends Well" Galileo investigates the law of gravitation Galileo investigates the law of oscillation Ahmad I, Sultan of Turkey outbreak of plague in England Tomsk founded by Russian cossacks Shakespeare "MacBeth" Santa Fé, New Mexico founded first open air opera in Rome Galileo invents proportional compass massive road building project begun in France Shakespeare "Coriolanus" Shakespeare "Timon of Athens" Jamestown founded, first Eng. settlement in America Galileo makess astronomical telescope first banking checks used in Netherlands Blue Mosque, Constantinople begun Henry Hudson explores Delaware Bay and Hudson River tea first shipped to Europe from China Galileo observes Jupiter's moons Nicolas Pieresc discovers Orion nebula Homer's "Iliad" Shakespeare "The Tempest" University of Rome founded Henry Hudson dies last recorded burning of heretics in England Simon Marius rediscovers Andromeda galaxy Bartholemew Pitiscus uses decimal point in trigonometrical tables John Smith "A Map of Virginia" fire destroys Globe Theater, London copper coins come into use Adriaen Block explores Long Island Sound development of glass industry in England Pocahontas marries John Rolfe London to lead expedition for El Dorado Hidetada becomes ruler of Japan Tartars of Manchu invade China war between Venice and Austria Shakespeare dies Galileo banned from scientific work by Catholic Church Willebrord Snellius discovers law of refraction Ferdinand of Styria, King of Hungary Sir Walter Raleigh returns to England and is executed Kepler states the third law of planetary motion America held at Jamestown John Bainbridge "An Astronomical Description of a Late Comet" William Harvey discovers circulation of blood first negro slaves arrive in America in Virginia Plymouth, Mass. John Carver first governor of Plymouth Colony Oliver Cromwell denounced for playing the game cricket Alexander Ludovisi becomes Pope Gregory XV English attempt to colonize Nova Scotia and Newfoundland potatoes first grown in Germany in Leiden patent laws passed in England Virginia becomes crown colony Bernini begins "Apollo and Daphne" sculpture Dutch settle in New Amsterdam first English settlement in eastern India Vincent de Paul first fire engines in England hackney coaches appear in London streets tobacco tax and monopoly in England introduction of full-bottomed wigs in Europe in Germany Francis Bacon dies Santorio Santorio measures human temperature for first time French edict condemns anyone to death when killing adversary in duel Shah Jahan becomes Great Mogul of India Kepler gives places of 1,005 fixed stars first harbor with sluices begun at Le Havre Peter Paul Rubens knighted by Charles I Shah Jahan orders making of the Peacock Throne colony of Massachusetts founded pirates settle in Tortuga public advertising begins in Paris multiplication earthquake in Naples volcano Vesuvius erupts Russian fur trade established Galileo forced to renounce theories of Copernicus windmill sawmill erected near London Jean Nicolet lands on Green Bay, explores Wisconsin Covent Garden Market opens in London hackney coach speed limit: 3 mph French limit tobacco sales to prescription only tea appears for first time in Paris Harvard University in Massachusetts collapse of Dutch tulip trade torture abolished in England quinine used for medicinal purposes Gérard Désargues publishes book on modern geometry William Gascoigne invents micrometer first printing press in N.America Portugal becomes independent country Rembrandt paints "Self Portrait" Coke made from coal for first time Métaphysiques" arsenic prescribed for medical purposes for first time cotton goods manufactured in England French settle in Michigan rise of Swedish iron industry Galileo dies Isaac Newton born income & property taxes introduced in England Montreal, Canada founded Abel Tasman dicovers Tasmania & New Zealand Moliére founds "Illustre Théatre" in Paris Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer William Penn born last of fine Chinese porcelain Dalai Lama residence built in Tibet English occupy Bahamas yellow fever in Barbados German population shrinks from 17 million to 8 because of war, famine, and plague Mirrors & chandeliers manufactured in Murano Cromwell invades Ireland English becomes official language on English documents replacing Latin Puritan exiles from Virginia settle in Providence, Maryland
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Johannes Kepler was the first strong supporter of the heliocentric theory of Copernicus.
Henry Hudson was an English navigator.
Orion Nebula
Andromeda Galaxy
Captain John Smith helped establish the first permanent English colony in North America at Jamestown, Va.
Pocahontas supposedly saved the life of Capt. John Smith and befriended the English colony at Jamestown, Va. Francis Bacon was an English essayist, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher who had a major influence on the philosophy of science. 
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was one of the greatest masters of European art.
Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was one of the most original, versatile, and prolific masters of Italian baroque art.
Taj Mahal is a monumental Islamic edifice built by Shah Jahan, Mogul emperor of India.
John Milton is one of the major figures of Western literature.
Rene Descartes is sometimes called the founder of modern philosophy.
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