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| 1621 autumn |
| | | The Mayflower settlers in Plymouth offer thanksgiving for their first harvest, eating turkeys in a celebration shared by local Indians | |
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| 1635 |
| | | Charles I establishes Britain's Royal Mail, employing Thomas Witherings to set it up | |
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| 1639 |
| | | Richard Fairbanks, given responsibility for delivering mail in Massachusetts, is allowed to charge a penny per letter | |
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| c. 1650 |
| | | The pleasure districts of Edo and Kyoto provide the delights of ukiyo-e, the 'floating world' | |
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| 1652 |
| | | The first coffee house opens In London and Londoners soon find such places useful to meet in and do business | |
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| c. 1656 |
| | | Jews return to England after Cromwell repeals the law of 1290 forbidding their residence in the country | |
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| c. 1660 |
| | | The berlin, developed in Berlin, becomes the most successful carriage of the seventeenth century | |
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| 1665 |
| | | The Great Plague of London causes as many as 7000 deaths in a week and perhaps a total of 100,000 by the end of the year | |
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| 1666 |
| | | The Great Fire of London rages for four days, destroying 13,200 houses and 81 churches | |
|  | Loutherbourg Great Fire of London (detail) c.1799
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| c. 1670 |
| | | The Dutch develop a new pattern of middle-class urban life and architecture, later copied in England | |
|  | Amsterdam
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