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The 17th century CE is defined by the calendar of Earth as occurring from the year 1600 through the year 1699.

Events

1623 CE: Posthumous publication of the "first folio" by William Shakespeare on Earth. (TOS
"Requiem for Methuselah")
1647 CE: A man named Ronin is born in Glasgow, on Earth. He becomes infused with an anaphasic lifeform, effectively granting him eternal youth. (TNG
"Sub Rosa")
1663 CE: The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics is created at Cambridge University.
1665 CE: Human mathematician Pierre de Fermat dies, leaving behind a note claiming to have discovered "remarkable proof" for what becomes known as Fermat's Last Theorem. (TNG
"The Royale"; DS9: "Facets")
1666 CE: Human scientist Isaac Newton devises three laws of motion that form the basis of Earth's understanding of physics and the universe. Newton's epiphany comes when a member of the Q Continuum, later named Quinn, jostles the apple tree that Newton is sitting under, causing an apple to fall on Newton's head. (VOY
"Death Wish")
1680 CE: The Spanish serve as the overlords of several American Indian tribes in the region later known as New Mexico. These Indian tribes rose up against the Spanish and drove them out of the region, in what was known as the Pueblo Revolt. (TNG
"Journey's End")
1691 CE: The inhabitants of Megas-tu are forced to leave Earth in Salem, Massachusetts, New England. (TAS
"The Magicks of Megas-tu")
1692 CE: The Spanish return and brutally reconquer the area, killing several hundred and maiming several thousand more. Javier Maribona Picard, an ancestor of Jean-Luc Picard, is one of the Spanish soldiers that attempt to put down the Pueblo Revolt. (TNG
"Journey's End")
Early history Timeline 18th century
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