1600s, Age of Religious Wars and Absolutism Thirty Years’ War, 1618–1648. English Civil War, 1642–1649. Age of Science. Age of Absolutism, epitomized by Louis XIV, “Sun King” Stuart Dynasty in England, starting with James I and resulting in Glorious Revolution. Peter the Great of Russia. Rise of Prussia. Click to see full answer. In this way, what was happening in the 1600s in America?America in the 1600s was a collection of newly established settlements and long-established Native American tribes and nations. This century would see the start of many conflicts between European colonists and Native Americans and a number of firsts that became the start of a nation. what was the world like in the 1600s? Most people lived in small, windowless houses without chimneys. These homes were dark and smoky, had dirt floors, and had little access to clean water. Peasants took their sheep and cattle indoors with them at night. Everyone had fleas and lice, even the rich. Accordingly, what was happening in the 1600s in England? For much of the 17th century, England was in a state of persistent crisis. Between religious ructions, civil war, plague and the recurrent crop failures that accompanied the so-called Little Ice Age, the mid-1600s must count in English history as one of the most difficult periods in which to survive.What was happening in 1650? Historical Events in 1650 Apr 27 The Battle of Carbisdale: Royalist army under Marquess of Montrose invades mainland Scotland from Orkney; defeated by a Covenanter army. Jun 9 The Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, is established. First legal corporation in the Americas.
