The World in 1600Population (in early 17th century)Europe in 1600Europe in 1600Voyages of 'discovery' (15th and 16th centuries)Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)Luther by Lucas Cranach the Elder John Calvin Isaac NewtonJean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert, pastel by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, 1753
DiderotHenry the VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger
Edward VI
Lady Jane Gray Mary I Elizabeth I James I Charles I house of commons in 1624 Oliver Cromwell trial of Charles I Execution of Charles I in 1649; engraving made same year Thomas Hobbes Frontpiece for Hobbes' Leviathan (1651) Charles II James II
William of Orange
The world in 1715Europe in 1715Slave Trade 1650-1860Slave Trade peaked in the late 18th and early 19th centuriesTriangular Trade