1620s
Early colonial decade
The 1620s refers to the decade spanning 1620 to 1629.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun or adjective to locate events, styles, or conditions within that ten-year period: The Pilgrims arrived in the 1620s.
The format applies to any century: 1820s, 1920s, 2020s.
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- JamestownFirst permanent English settlement
Stuart · settlement · New World · Powhatan · Massachusetts Bay · tobacco · indentured · charter
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
natural philosophy · geocentric · heliocentric · compass · navigation · cartography · empiricism · Bacon
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- ruffPleated historical neckpiece
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
- cavalier hatFeathered wide-brimmed headpiece
- lace collarOrnamental neckwear of openwork fabric
petticoat · bodice · corset · velvet · brocade · stockings · buckled shoes · feathered
Luminescence from burning wick
- hearthFireplace floor area
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
- aleWarm-fermented malt drink
pewter · thatched · woodsmoke · quill · parchment · horse-drawn · blacksmith · midwife
Ornate artistic period
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- VelazquezSpanish Baroque portraitist
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
masque · broadside · pamphlet · printing press · harpsichord · madrigal · portraiture · Flemish
Mayflower
1620 colonial transport vessel
- PlymouthEnglish port city
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
Jamestown · Stuart · settlement · New World · Powhatan · Massachusetts Bay · tobacco · indentured · charter · Puritan
Galileo
Renaissance astronomer from Italy
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- astronomyScience of celestial objects
alchemy · natural philosophy · geocentric · heliocentric · compass · navigation · cartography · empiricism · Bacon · optics
doublet
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- ruffPleated historical neckpiece
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
- cavalier hatFeathered wide-brimmed headpiece
lace collar · petticoat · bodice · corset · velvet · brocade · stockings · buckled shoes · feathered · embroidery
candlelight
Luminescence from burning wick
- hearthFireplace floor area
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
- tavernPublic drinking establishment
ale · pewter · thatched · woodsmoke · quill · parchment · horse-drawn · blacksmith · midwife · apothecary
Baroque
Ornate artistic period
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- VelazquezSpanish Baroque portraitist
Shakespeare · masque · broadside · pamphlet · printing press · harpsichord · madrigal · portraiture · Flemish · patronage
1620s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
2010s · 21st century · modern era · 2000s · the present
1620s1790s
Final eighteenth-century decade
1780s · 1960s · Age of Reason · 1840s
1620sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
Industrial Revolution · atomic age · 1920s · machine age · computer age