1650

Cromwell's England, roughly

The number 1650, or the year 1650.

Years in this range appear most often in historical contexts—the English Civil War, early colonial America, the Dutch Golden Age: The colony was founded around 1650.

As a number, it might indicate an address, price, or measurement: The rent is $1650 a month.

historical

English Civil War

1640s British constitutional conflict

Oliver CromwellEnglish republican dictator
CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
Charles IStuart king beheaded 1649

Protectorate · Roundheads · Levellers · Restoration · Treaty of Westphalia · Thirty Years' War · Mayflower · Pilgrims · Massachusetts Bay Colony · Puritans

chronology

century

Hundred-year span

decadeTen-year span
eraDistinct historical period
epochDistinct historical period

timeline · annals · antiquity · period · age

baroque

Rembrandt

Seventeenth-century Dutch painter

VelázquezLas Meninas painter
chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
ornamentationDecorative additions to something

Bernini · gilded · opulence · harpsichord · counterpoint · cantata · oratorio · polyphony · fresco · Rubens

colonialism

settlement

Resolved dispute or colony

colonizationForeign territorial takeover
New WorldWestern Hemisphere landmasses
plantationsLarge-scale farming operations

slavery · Dutch East India Company · British colonies · French colonies · Spanish Empire · indigenous peoples · missionaries · trade routes · mercantilism · subjugation

Opposites

historical temporal distance

1650the present

Current moment in time

modern times · today · 2024 · 2025 · now

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