ReligionThe 17th century

Religion in the 17th century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 17th century — 7 of them, drawn from 7 nations, running from 1609 to 1671. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
7
Nations
7
Earliest
1609
Latest
1671
Asia
2
South America
2
Africa
1
Europe
1
North America
1

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

  1. South America

    Argentina

    Jesuit missions among the Guarani

    The Jesuit Order founds mission towns among the Guarani that flourish until the order's expulsion from Spanish lands in 1767.

    Era: The Viceroyalty and the Colonial Era

    Sources: Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Argentina · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. South America

    Paraguay

    The Jesuit reducciones

    The Jesuits gather up to 150,000 Guarani into some thirty mission towns in the Parana and Uruguay basins, blending Indigenous labour with Christian instruction and Baroque art.

    Era: The Jesuit Missions and the Colonial Province

    Sources: Paraguay: The colonial period · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jesuit Missions of La Santisima Trinidad de Parana and Jesus de Tavarangue · UNESCO World Heritage Centre

  3. Europe

    Czechia

    Defenestration of Prague

    Protestant nobles threw two Catholic imperial regents and their secretary from a window of Prague Castle, sparking the Bohemian revolt against Ferdinand II and helping to launch the Thirty Years' War.

    Era: Habsburg Bohemia: White Mountain, Counter-Reformation and National Revival

    Sources: Defenestration of Prague (1618) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. North America

    United States

    Pilgrims found Plymouth

    Separatist Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower established Plymouth Colony, the first enduring European settlement in New England.

    Era: European colonisation and the Thirteen Colonies

    Sources: Plymouth, Massachusetts · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Mayflower · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  5. Africa

    Chad

    Founding of the Wadai Sultanate

    Abd al-Karim led an Islamic revolt that overthrew the Tunjur and established the Wadai (Ouaddaï) sultanate east of Lake Chad, ruled from Abéché.

    Era: Baguirmi, Wadai and the Saharan trade

    Sources: Wadai Sultanate · Wikipedia, Wadai (sultanate) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  6. Asia

    Mongolia

    Zanabazar enthroned as first Javzandamba

    Zanabazar, recognized as a reincarnation in 1639, is enthroned with the title Javzandamba khutagt, becoming the first Bogd Gegeen and supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia.

    Era: Buddhism and the Manchu Overlordship

    Sources: Zanabazar · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Mongolia: The ascendancy of the Manchu · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  7. Asia

    Pakistan

    Badshahi Mosque built at Lahore

    Emperor Aurangzeb commissions the monumental Badshahi Mosque opposite the Lahore Fort, for centuries the largest mosque in the world and a landmark of Mughal Lahore.

    Era: Islam, the Sultans and the Mughals

    Sources: Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Mughal dynasty · Encyclopædia Britannica