1630s
Pre-English Civil War
The 1630s refers to the decade spanning 1630 through 1639.
Like other decade terms, it groups years for historical convenience: The 1630s saw the founding of Boston and the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The format applies to any century—the 1830s, the 1930s—with the apostrophe marking the omitted century digits in contracted forms like '30s.
English Protestant reformers
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- Plymouth ColonyEarly Massachusetts Pilgrim settlement
- Massachusetts BayHistoric colony and coastal waters
Jamestown · indentured servants · charter · settlers · tobacco cultivation · Pocahontas · Powhatan Confederacy · New England
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- Charles IStuart king beheaded 1649
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
Galileo Galilei · Johannes Kepler · New France · Peter Paul Rubens · Velázquez · Shah Jahan · Taj Mahal
Puritans
English Protestant reformers
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
- Mayflower1620 colonial transport vessel
- Plymouth ColonyEarly Massachusetts Pilgrim settlement
Massachusetts Bay · Jamestown · indentured servants · charter · settlers · tobacco cultivation · Pocahontas · Powhatan Confederacy · New England · plantations
Thirty Years' War
1618-1648 European religious conflict
- Charles IStuart king beheaded 1649
- Dutch Golden AgeNetherlands' 17th-century cultural zenith
- BaroqueOrnate artistic period
Rembrandt · Galileo Galilei · Johannes Kepler · New France · Peter Paul Rubens · Velázquez · Shah Jahan · Taj Mahal
1630s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
distant future · 21st century · today · the present · modern era
1630sDigital Age
Post-internet historical period
Industrial Revolution · Victorian era · ancient times · jet age · prehistory