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The 17th century wis the century that lastit frae 1 Januar 1601, tae 31 December 1700, in the Gregorian calendar. The 17t century faws intae the Early Modren period o Europe an in that continent wis chairacterised by the Dutch Gowden Age, the Baroque cultural muivement, the French Grand Siècle dominatit bi Louis XIV, the Scienteefic Revolution, an The General Crisis. This last is chairacterised in Europe maist notably bi the Thirty Years' War,[1] the Great Turkis War, the end o the Dutch Revolt, the disintegration o the Pols–Lithuanie Commonweel an the Inglis Ceevil War.

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  1. "The Thirty-Years-War". Western New England College. Archived frae the original on 9 October 1999. Retrieved 24 Mey 2008.