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1700s (decade) The 1700s decade ran from January 1, 1700, to December 31, 1709. The decade is marked by a shift in the political structure of the Indian subcontinent, and the decline of the Mughal Empire . Millennium. 2nd millennium.
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...
1504 – Higüey massacre. 1507 – A new world map by Martin Waldseemuller names the continents of the New World "America" in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. 1508 – First European colony and oldest known European settlement in a United States territory is founded at Caparra, Puerto Rico, by Ponce de Leon. 1512 – Laws of Burgos.
1793 – 1796: Revolt in the Vendée against the French Republic at the time of the Revolution. 1794 – 1816: The Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars, which were a series of incidents between settlers and New South Wales Corps and the Aboriginal Australian clans of the Hawkesbury river in Sydney, Australia. 1794: Polish revolt.
List of decades, centuries, and millennia. The list below includes links to articles with further details for each decade, century, and millennium from 15,000 BC to AD 3000. Century. Decades. 15th millennium BC · 15,000–14,001 BC. 14th millennium BC · 14,000–13,001 BC. 13th millennium BC · 13,000–12,001 BC. 12th millennium BC · 12,000 ...
1700 ( MDCC) was an exceptional common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1700th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 700th year of the 2nd millennium, the 100th and last year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1700s decade.
The 1700 Cascadia earthquake occurred along the Cascadia subduction zone on January 26, 1700, with an estimated moment magnitude of 8.7–9.2. The megathrust earthquake involved the Juan de Fuca Plate from mid- Vancouver Island, south along the Pacific Northwest coast as far as northern California. The plate slipped an average of 20 meters (66 ...
The 17th century BC was the century that lasted from 1700 BC to 1601 BC. Nebra sky disk, central Europe 1600 BC. The inlaid gold depicted the crescent moon and the Pleiades star cluster in a specific arrangement forming the earliest known depiction of celestial phenomena.