Events of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries, 1600 to 1788

occurred on October 21, 1600

The major acceleration started in 1634 and then dramatically collapsed in February 1637.

The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on 24 January 1639

Beginning in Great Britain around 1760, the Industrial Revolution had spread to continental Europe

The Thirty Years' War, fought primarily in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.

The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688.

The Wars of the Three Kingdoms is the collective term for a series of conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in England, Scotland, and Ireland, then separate entities in a personal union under Charles I.

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775, September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and, commanded by George Washington, defeated the British Army.

The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.

On 13 May 1787, the ships, with over 1,400 convicts, marines, sailors, colonial officials, and free settlers onboard, left Portsmouth and travelled over 24,000 kilometres (15,000 mi; 13,000 nmi) and over 250 days before arriving in Botany Bay, New South Wales, on 18 January 1788.

In 1618, Nurhaci, the leader of the Aisin Gioro clan, commissioned a document titled the Seven Grievances, in which he listed complaints against the Ming before launching a rebellion.

The American Revolution (1765-1789) was a political movement in the Thirteen Colonies of Great Britain.

The fighting took place in the areas around Springfield during 1786 and 1787.

The Restoration War between Portugal and Spain began in 1641 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union.

The Irish Rebellion of 1641 began on 23 October 1641.