| | | Shakespeare. | | |1600 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1600 | | | Development of Japanese | Galileo and Bacon. | | | | Feudalism. | Union of English and | | | | Reign of Jehan Gir in | Scottish Crowns, 1603. | | | | Hindostan, 1605-27. | Dutch and English commerce | | | | First English factory at | in the East Indies. | | | | Surat, 1611. | Virginia, first successful | | | | First English Embassy to | British colony in North | | | | Delhi, 1615. | America, 1606. | | | | | HOLLAND: Independence | | | | | established, 1609. | | | | | GERMANY: Thirty Years’ War | | | | | begins, 1618-48. | | |1620 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1620 | | | Reign of Shah Jehan, | Gustavus Adolphus. | | | | 1627-58. | FRANCE: Richelieu organises | | | | The Taj Mahal built. | absolutism. | | | | End of the Portuguese | ENGLAND: Constitutional | | | | power in the East. | struggle between Charles | | | | Extension of the Mogul | I. and Parliament. The | | | | dominion into the | Petition of Right, 1628. | | | | Deccan. | PORTUGAL recovers | | | | | independence. | | |1640 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1640 | | | Rise of the Manchu | FRANCE: Rule of Mazarin: | | | | (Tartar) dynasty in | absolutism established. | | | | China. | ENGLAND: Civil War, | | | | | resulting in military | | | | | protectorate. | | | | Reign of Aurangzib, | Thirty Years’ War ended by | | | | 1658-1707. | Peace of Westphalia. | | | | Rise of the Mahrattas | Commercial and naval rivalry| | | | under Sivaji. | of English and Dutch. | | | | | Development of France into | | | | | the leading military | | | | | power. | | |1660 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+1660 | | | France enters the field | FRANCE: Louis XIV. initiates| | | | in India. | policy of aggression. | | | | Revival of intolerant | ENGLAND: Charles II. | |