FormationThe 17th century

Formation in the 17th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 17th century — 13 of them, drawn from 11 nations, running from 1600 to 1680. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
13
Nations
11
Earliest
1600
Latest
1680
Africa
9
North America
3
Asia
1

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

  1. Africa

    Benin

    Founding of Porto-Novo

    The prince Te-Agbanlin, of the Allada royal house, founded the lagoon settlement of Hogbonu (Ajashe), later named Porto-Novo, which grew into a coastal port-kingdom of mixed Aja and Yoruba population.

    Era: The Aja migrations and the kingdoms of Allada and Porto-Novo

    Sources: Porto-Novo · Wikipedia, Benin — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Africa

    Zambia

    Rise of the Lozi kingdom

    On the upper Zambezi floodplain the Luyana (Aluyi) people, of Lunda origin, built the Lozi (Barotse) kingdom ruled by a king titled the Litunga, with capitals that shifted with the annual flood.

    Era: Kingdoms of the Zambezi and Luapula: Lozi, Bemba, Chewa and Kazembe

    Sources: Barotseland (the Lozi kingdom) · Wikipedia, History of Zambia · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. North America

    Canada

    Champlain founds Quebec

    Samuel de Champlain established Quebec as a fortified trading post on the St. Lawrence, founding the colony of New France and anchoring the French fur trade in alliance with Indigenous nations.

    Era: New France and the fur trade

    Sources: Samuel de Champlain · The Canadian Encyclopedia, Samuel de Champlain, Virtual Museum of New France · Canadian Museum of History

  4. Africa

    Madagascar

    Rise of the Sakalava kingdom

    The Maroseraña dynasty builds the island's largest realm on the west coast, later dividing into Menabe and Boina.

    Era: Coastal Kingdoms & the Pirate Coast

    Sources: The Kingdoms of Madagascar · Lumen Learning / SUNY World Civilization, Madagascar · Encyclopædia Britannica

  5. Asia

    Bhutan

    Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal arrives in Bhutan

    Fleeing a sectarian dispute in Tibet, the Drukpa Kagyu lama Ngawang Namgyal enters western Bhutan and is recognised as the Zhabdrung, beginning the unification of the country.

    Era: Unification under the Zhabdrung

    Sources: Bhutan — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Nepal and Bhutan: Country Studies · Federal Research Division, Library of Congress

  6. Africa

    Benin

    Foundation of Dahomey at Abomey

    Fon rulers established the Kingdom of Dahomey on the Abomey plateau; King Houegbadja is credited with beginning the Royal Palaces of Abomey and building a strongly centralised monarchy.

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

    Sources: Dahomey — historical kingdom, Africa · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of the Kingdom of Dahomey · Wikipedia, Royal Palaces of Abomey — World Heritage List, no. 323 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  7. Africa

    DR Congo

    Kuba kingdom unified by Shyaam

    Shyaam a-Mbul a Ngoong founds the Bushong dynasty, uniting chiefdoms between the Sankuru and Kasai into the Kuba kingdom famed for its art.

    Era: Kongo & the Savanna Kingdoms

    Sources: Kuba Kingdom · Wikipedia, Kingdoms of the Savanna: the Luba and Lunda Empires · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

  8. Africa

    Ethiopia

    Fasilides founds Gondar

    Emperor Fasilides makes Gondar his permanent capital, beginning the Gondarine period and the building of the Fasil Ghebbi castle complex.

    Era: Gondar, the Era of the Princes and Reunification

    Sources: Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region — World Heritage Centre · UNESCO, Gondarine period · Wikipedia

  9. North America

    Canada

    Founding of Montreal

    French missionaries and settlers founded Ville-Marie, the future Montreal, as a mission and trading settlement that became a hub of the fur trade and a gateway to the interior.

    Era: New France and the fur trade

    Sources: Canada · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  10. North America

    Bahamas

    The Eleutheran Adventurers settle Eleuthera

    English Puritans led by William Sayle left Bermuda seeking religious freedom and founded the first lasting English settlement in the Bahamas on the island they named Eleuthera ("freedom").

    Era: English settlers and the Republic of Pirates

    Sources: Bahamas: Local History and Genealogy — Research Guide · Library of Congress, The Bahamas — British colonization (History) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  11. Africa

    Sudan

    Sultanate of Darfur founded

    Sulayman Solong founds the Keira dynasty in the west; under Ahmad Bukr Islam becomes the state religion.

    Era: Islam, Sennar and Darfur

    Sources: Sultanate of Darfur · Wikipedia

  12. Africa

    Morocco

    Alaouite dynasty unifies Morocco

    Moulay al-Rashid reunites Morocco and establishes the rule of the Alaouite dynasty, which continues to reign today; his successor Moulay Ismail builds a strong centralised state from Meknes.

    Era: The Alaouite Dynasty and the Protectorates

    Sources: Alaouite Dynasty (1660–present) · Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in the United States, Moroccan Royal Family Tree: The Alaouite Dynasty · History Cooperative

  13. Africa

    Burundi

    Foundation under Ntare Rushatsi

    By tradition Ntare Rushatsi (Ntare I) founds the dynasty of the Kingdom of Burundi; oral histories credit him with ending a famine and unifying competing centres of power.

    Era: The Kingdom of the Mwami

    Sources: Kingdom of Burundi · Wikipedia, History of Burundi · Wikipedia, Burundi: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica