1603 Queen Elizabeth I dies, James I assumes the English throne
1606 Willem Janszoon is the first European to find Australia
1607 English settlers found first American colony in Jamestown, Virginia
1608 Galileo invents telescope
1611 King James Bible first published
1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
1626 Santario uses thermometer to measure human body temperature
1637 Waterproof umbrellas first used
1640 Slavery Legalized in America
1648 French "Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture" founded
1653-1658 Oliver Cromwell rules England
1661 Work is begun on the palace of Versailles in France
1666 Isaac Newton discovers gravity
1673 Marquette and Joliet explore northern parts of Mississippi valley
1684 A patent is granted for the thimble
1685 Composers Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frederick Handel are born
1692 Witch hunts in Salem, MA