1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony. 1632 Maryland founded by Lord Baltimore. 1633 Inquisition forces Galileo to recant his belief in Copernican theory. 1642 English Civil War . Cavaliers, supporters of Charles I, against Roundheads, parliamentary forces.
Parliament demands reforms.
Rembrandt paints his Night Watch. Taj Mahal completed. Descartes 's Principles of Philosophy. 1648 End of the Thirty Years' War. German population about half of what it was in 1618 because of war and pestilence.