1600
Four centuries ago
1600 is the street address of the White House: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
In military time, 1600 refers to 4:00 PM.
As a year, 1600 marks the turn of the seventeenth century, often invoked as a rough boundary between medieval and early modern periods.
Third period of second millennium
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- early modernPremature yet up-to-date
Stuart · Habsburg · Tudor · epoch · timeline · chronology · century · millennium
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
- HobbesEnglish political philosopher
Louis XIV · Cervantes · Caravaggio · Elizabeth I · James I · Descartes · Rubens · Monteverdi
Historic circular London playhouse
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
iambic pentameter · masque · folio · quarto · chiaroscuro · baroque · opera · madrigal
First permanent English settlement
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- New AmsterdamDutch colonial settlement on Manhattan
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
settlers · mercantilism · trade routes · indigenous · missionaries · expansion · territories · exploitation
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- Great Fire of London1666 catastrophic urban blaze
- Peace of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing treaties
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- heliocentrismSun-centered astronomical theory
- natural philosophyHistorical term for science
scientific method · anatomy · optics · magnetism · pendulum · thermometer · microscope
seventeenth century
Third period of second millennium
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
early modern · Stuart · Habsburg · Tudor · epoch · timeline · chronology · century · millennium · annals
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- CromwellEnglish republican military leader
Louis XIV · Hobbes · Cervantes · Caravaggio · Elizabeth I · James I · Descartes · Rubens · Monteverdi · Bacon
Globe Theatre
Historic circular London playhouse
soliloquy · iambic pentameter · masque · folio · quarto · chiaroscuro · baroque · opera · madrigal · Hamlet
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- New AmsterdamDutch colonial settlement on Manhattan
- East India CompanyBritish colonial trading corporation
colonists · settlers · mercantilism · trade routes · indigenous · missionaries · expansion · territories · exploitation · slave trade
Thirty Years' War
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- Great Fire of London1666 catastrophic urban blaze
- Peace of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing treaties
- Gunpowder PlotCatholic conspiracy against James
English Civil War · Salem witch trials · Spanish Armada · plague
Galileo
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- heliocentrismSun-centered astronomical theory
natural philosophy · scientific method · anatomy · optics · magnetism · pendulum · thermometer · microscope
ruff
Pleated historical neckpiece
- doubletFitted Renaissance jacket
- codpieceOrnamental groin covering
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
quill · parchment · alchemy · heraldry · guild · tapestry · harpsichord · lute · broadside · pamphlet
16002024
Current calendar year
the present · today · prehistoric times · modern era · 21st century
- 1600 Pennsylvania AvenueExecutive mansion's location