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For the real timeline, see 17th century at Wikipedia.

The 17th century AD is defined by the calendar of Earth as occurring from the year 1601 through the year 1700.

Events

1623
Posthumous publication of the "first folio" by William Shakespeare on Earth. (TOS: "Requiem for Methuselah")
Ronin

Ronin

1647
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
The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics is created at Cambridge University. (TNG: "All Good Things...")
1665
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")
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Isaac Newton

1666
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
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")
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Salem witch trials on Earth

1691
The inhabitants of Megas-Tu are forced to leave their homes in Salem, Massachusetts, on Earth, following the Salem witch trials (TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu")
1692
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")

Background

As "AD" (Anno Domini, literally "in the year of the Lord") is a Christian reference, those seeking a religiously-neutral term use '"CE" (Common Era) instead.

External links

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