1680s
Post-Restoration England decade
The 1680s refers to the decade spanning 1680 to 1689.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun designating that ten-year period: The 1680s saw the Glorious Revolution in England.
The form works for any century—the 1880s, the 1980s—always taking a plural verb.
England's 1688 regime change
- William of OrangeDutch-born English sovereign
- Halley's CometPredictable orbiting frozen body
Dido's operatic creator
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- ornate decorationElaborate decorative element
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- theatrical spectacleGrand staged performance display
Philadelphia's Quaker founder
- Hudson's Bay CompanyColonial Canadian fur merchant
- plantation economyAgricultural system exploiting enslaved workers
- Atlantic slave tradeForced transatlantic human cargo enterprise
- indentured servitudeContractual unfree labor for term
fur trade · mercantilism · East India Company · Navigation Acts · settler expansion · tobacco cultivation
Famous scientific surname
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- Royal SocietyUK's national science academy
- HalleyAstronomer's surname, comet fame
- natural philosophyHistorical term for science
experimental method · optics · reflecting telescope · animalcules · Leibniz · botanical illustration
Glorious Revolution
England's 1688 regime change
- William of OrangeDutch-born English sovereign
- Halley's CometPredictable orbiting frozen body
Purcell
Dido's operatic creator
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- ornate decorationElaborate decorative element
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
William Penn
Philadelphia's Quaker founder
- Hudson's Bay CompanyColonial Canadian fur merchant
- plantation economyAgricultural system exploiting enslaved workers
- Atlantic slave tradeForced transatlantic human cargo enterprise
indentured servitude · fur trade · mercantilism · East India Company · Navigation Acts · settler expansion · tobacco cultivation
Newton
Famous scientific surname
- microscopyTechnique using powerful lenses
- Royal SocietyUK's national science academy
- HalleyAstronomer's surname, comet fame
natural philosophy · experimental method · optics · reflecting telescope · animalcules · Leibniz · botanical illustration
1680s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
21st century · the present · today · distant future · 2010s
1680smodern era
Current historical period
digital age · medieval period · Middle Ages · Dark Ages · atomic age