Culture & IdeasThe 17th century

Culture & Ideas in the 17th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged culture and ideas — art, language, science and learning, narrowed to the 17th century — 10 of them, drawn from 10 nations, running from 1600 to 1690. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
10
Nations
10
Earliest
1600
Latest
1690
Europe
4
Asia
3
Africa
2
South America
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. South America

    Ecuador

    The Quito school of art

    Quito's convents produce the Escuela Quiteña, a mestizo Baroque tradition of painting and sculpture exported across colonial South America.

    Era: Conquest, Colony and the Quito School

    Sources: Quito School of Art · Encyclopedia.com (Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture), City of Quito · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  2. Africa

    Malawi

    Gaspar Bocarro crosses the region

    The Portuguese traveller Gaspar Bocarro journeyed through the territory, leaving what is generally regarded as the first European account of the land and peoples of the future Malawi.

    Era: The Maravi Confederacy

    Sources: History of Malawi · Wikipedia

  3. Asia

    Uzbekistan

    Islamic monuments of Bukhara and Khiva

    The khanates raise the madrasas, minarets and palaces that survive in the historic centres of Bukhara and the walled Itchan Kala of Khiva, today UNESCO World Heritage sites.

    Era: The Uzbek Khanates

    Sources: Historic Centre of Bukhara — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Itchan Kala (Khiva) — World Heritage List · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  4. Africa

    Benin

    The Royal Palaces of Abomey

    A line of kings built earthen palaces decorated with polychrome bas-reliefs within a single great enclosure at Abomey; the complex was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

    Era: The Fon Kingdom of Dahomey and the palaces of Abomey

    Sources: Royal Palaces of Abomey — World Heritage List, no. 323 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, The Royal Palaces of Abomey: Palace of King Behanzin, Benin · UNESCO / Permanent Delegation of Japan

  5. Europe

    Estonia

    Founding of the University of Tartu

    King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden founded the university at Tartu (Dorpat), a lasting institution of learning and a hallmark of the era later recalled as the 'good old Swedish time'.

    Era: Hanseatic Reval, Danish and Swedish Estonia

    Sources: Estonia: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Asia

    Bhutan

    Punakha Dzong founded

    The Zhabdrung begins building Punakha Dzong at the confluence of two rivers as his capital, one of a network of fortress-monasteries that became the seats of Bhutan's temporal and religious power.

    Era: Unification under the Zhabdrung

    Sources: Bhutan — Tentative List (Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities) · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies · Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

  7. Europe

    Netherlands

    Rembrandt paints The Night Watch

    Rembrandt completes his monumental militia portrait, an emblem of the artistic achievement of the Dutch Golden Age, now in the Rijksmuseum.

    Era: The Golden Age: Trade, the VOC, Art and Empire

    Sources: Rijksmuseum collection and the Dutch Golden Age · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

  8. Asia

    Thailand

    Reign of King Narai and the French embassies

    Under Narai, Ayutthaya reaches a height of international contact, exchanging embassies with Louis XIV's France and welcoming traders from across Eurasia.

    Era: The Kingdom of Ayutthaya

    Sources: Thailand · Encyclopædia Britannica, Historic City of Ayutthaya · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  9. Europe

    Monaco

    The fortress becomes a palace

    Honoré I and Honoré II employed leading architects to transform the Genoese fortress into a princely residence, creating one of the most remarkable palaces of the seventeenth century.

    Era: From Lordship to Principality: Spanish, then French Protection

    Sources: Monaco - Prince's Palace · Government of Monaco (gouv.mc)

  10. Europe

    Romania

    Horezu Monastery and Brancovan art

    Prince Constantin Brancoveanu founded the monastery of Horezu in Wallachia, a masterpiece of the 'Brancovan' style whose school of mural and icon painting influenced religious art across the Balkans.

    Era: Wallachia, Moldavia and the Ottoman centuries

    Sources: Monastery of Horezu · UNESCO World Heritage Centre