In the early part of the 17th century, late mannerist and early Baroque tendencies continued to flourish in the court of Marie de' Medici and Louis XIII.Art from this period shows influences from both the north of Europe (Dutch and Flemish schools) and from Roman painters of the Counter-Reformation.Artists in France frequently debated the merits between Peter Paul Rubens (the …

This is a timeline of philosophy in the 17th century (17th-century philosophy. Events. Queen Christina (at the table on the right) in discussion with French philosopher René Descartes. (Romanticized painting from the 19th century) 1649 – Christina, Queen of Sweden ...

The 30th century BC was a century that lasted from the year 3000 BC to 2901 BC. Events. Stele bearing the name of Djet ... Events. Stele bearing the name of Djet. Before 3000 BC: An image of a deity (detail from a cong) recovered from Tomb 12 in Fanshan, Yuyao, Zhejiang, is made during the Neolithic period by the Liangzhu culture. It is now ...

The 16th century begins with the Julian year 1501 and ends with either the Julian or the Gregorian year 1600 (depending on the reckoning used; the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582).. The 16th century is regarded by historians as the century which saw the rise of Western civilization and the Islamic gunpowder empires. ...

The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 through AD 100 according to the Julian calendar.It is often written as the 1st century AD or 1st century CE to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period.The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity.

The 17th Street Canal is the largest and most important drainage canal in the city of New Orleans.Operating with Pump Station 6, it moves water into Lake Pontchartrain.The canal, along with the Orleans Canal and the London Avenue Canal, form the New Orleans Outfall Canals.The 17th Street Canal forms a significant portion of the boundary between the city of New Orleans …

Percontation point. The percontation point (), a reversed question mark later referred to as a rhetorical question mark, was proposed by Henry Denham in the 1580s and was used at the end of a question that does not require an answer—a rhetorical question.Its use died out in the 17th century. This character can be represented using the reversed question mark (⸮) found in …

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout. It is considered to be Milton's masterpiece, …

During the 21st century, there will be 224 solar eclipses of which 77 will be partial, 73 will be annular, 68 will be total and 7 will be hybrids between total and annular eclipses. Of these, two annular and one total eclipse will be non-central, in the sense that the very center (axis) of the Moon's shadow will miss the Earth (for more information see gamma).

Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatability of findings are used to try to ensure the validity of scientific advances.. Natural science can be divided into two main …