1650s
Puritan England's era
The 1650s refers to the decade spanning 1650 through 1659.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun or adjective: 1650s England, during the 1650s.
The period saw the English Commonwealth under Cromwell and the continued expansion of European colonial powers.
Also written 1650's in older texts.
English republican military leader
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
- PuritanismProtestant reform movement
colonialism · Baroque · early modern · Stuart · absolutism · Westphalia · mercantilism · Golden Age
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
- lace collarOrnamental neckwear of openwork fabric
- periwigHistorical formal hairpiece
- petticoatUndergarment beneath skirts
bodice · stomacher · Roundhead · wide-brimmed hat · buckled shoes · ribbon · velvet · silk
Baroque Dutch painter
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VelazquezSpanish Baroque portraitist
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
- portraitureArt of depicting people
still life · golden age · Bernini · palace · patronage · grandeur · religious art · landscape
Gas behavior law eponym
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- Royal SocietyUK's national science academy
- natural philosophyHistorical term for science
- alchemyMystical metal transformation
Huygens · pendulum clock · air pump · vacuum · experimentation · astronomy · telescope · optics
Cromwell
English republican military leader
- CommonwealthAssociation of sovereign states
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- English Civil War1640s British constitutional conflict
Puritanism · colonialism · Baroque · early modern · Stuart · absolutism · Westphalia · mercantilism · Golden Age · Dutch Republic
doublet
Fitted Renaissance jacket
- breechesTrousers ending below knee
- lace collarOrnamental neckwear of openwork fabric
- periwigHistorical formal hairpiece
petticoat · bodice · stomacher · Roundhead · wide-brimmed hat · buckled shoes · ribbon · velvet · silk · corset
Vermeer
Baroque Dutch painter
- RembrandtSeventeenth-century Dutch painter
- VelazquezSpanish Baroque portraitist
- chiaroscuroContrast technique in painting
portraiture · still life · golden age · Bernini · palace · patronage · grandeur · religious art · landscape · guild
Boyle
Gas behavior law eponym
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- Royal SocietyUK's national science academy
- natural philosophyHistorical term for science
alchemy · Huygens · pendulum clock · air pump · vacuum · experimentation · astronomy · telescope · optics · Hobbes
1650s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
distant future · 21st century · modern era · today · 2000s
1650s1660s
Decade of monarchy's return
1680s · Elizabethan era · Georgian era · Victorian era · Tudor period