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  More info about: William II, Prince of Orange
  William II, Prince of Orange
William II, Prince of Orange, stadtholder of the United Provinces of the Netherlands from March 14, 1647 until his death. William II, Prince of Orange, was the son of sta...
         
  More info about: Robert Boyle, Natural Philosopher
  Robert Boyle, Natural Philosopher
The Honourable Robert Boyle was an Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. He was an alchemist; and believing the transmutation of metals...
         
  More info about: Alexis I of Russia
  Alexis I of Russia
Father of Peter the Great. Alexey Mikhailovich Romanov was a Tsar of Russia during some of the most eventful decades of the mid-17th century. The son of Tsar Mikhail I an...
         
  More info about: Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Admiral
  Cornelis Tromp, Dutch Admiral
Cornelis Tromp was a Commander in chief of the Dutch navy. Tromp was born in Rotterdam, the son of Admiral Maarten Tromp and Dignom Cornelis de Haes. He served in the Fir...
         
  More info about: Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Scientist
  Christiaan Huygens, Dutch Scientist
Christiaan Huygens came from an important Dutch family. Huygens's first publications in 1651 and 1654 considered mathematical problems. The 1651 publication Cyclometriae...
         
  More info about: John III Sobieski, King of Poland
  John III Sobieski, King of Poland
Jan III Sobieski was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death. Sob...
         
  More info about: Charles II of England
  Charles II of England
Charles II was the King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland from 1649 until his death. His father Charles I had been executed in 1649, following the English Ci...
         
  More info about: Railroad Timeline History
  Railroad Timeline History
Milestones in English and American railway development...
         
  More info about: A Timeline of Framingham History
  A Timeline of Framingham History
Framingham, Massachusetts (USA) On June 25, 1700 the land known as Danforth Farms was incorporated as the Town of Framingham, Massachusetts....
         
  More info about: Taj Mahal of India
  Taj Mahal of India
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan erected the Taj Mahal in the memory of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The construction of Taj Mahal started in the year 1631 and it took approx...
         
  More info about: Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
  Mary Stuart, Princess of Orange
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange-Nassau, was the eldest daughter of King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland and his queen, Henrietta Maria. She was th...
         
  More info about: John Dryden
  John Dryden
John Dryden was an English poet, dramatist, and critic. He first came to public notice in 1659 with his Heroic Stanzas, commemorating the death of Oliver Cromwell. The fo...
         
  More info about: Johannes Vermeer
  Johannes Vermeer
Johannes Vermeer was a Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of ordinary bourgeois life. His entire life was spent in the town of Delft. Vermeer was a...
         
  More info about: Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher
  Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher
A member of the Sephardic Jewish community of Amsterdam, Spinoza received a thorough education in the tradition of medieval philosophical texts as well as in the works of...
         
  More info about: Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
  Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer. He was court composer to Louis XIV, founding the national French opera and producing court ballets for Molière's plays....
         
         
 
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