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| CenturiesMillennia These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. The individual century pages contain lists of decades and years. See history for different organizations of historical events. See Calendar and List of calendars for other groupings of y: 16th century15th century 16th century 17th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. Events Beginning of the " Little Ice Age" a cooling period that resulted in lower crop yi - 17th century16th century 17th century 18th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601- 1700. During this period, the power of England and the United Provinces increased; while that of - 18th century17th century 18th century 19th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701- 1800; however, historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th Century as 1715- 89, 1669 in literatureSee also 1668 in literature, other events of 1669, 1670 in literature, list of years in literature. Events Samuel Pepys is obliged to give up keeping his diary. New Books Algemeene Verhandeling van de bloedeloose dierkens Jan Swammerdam Der Abenteuerliche 1669 in scienceThe year 1669 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1668 in science, other events of 1669, 1670 in science and the list of years in science. Astronomy Montanari detects the variability of the eclipsing bin | |