Edmund Halley, an astronomer and polymath aged 35, already famed for quite a few achievements in astronomy and meteorology, presents two...

Anne-Hilarion de Costentin, comte de Tourville Many ship constructions have already been ordered since the opening of this war between...

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, 61 years old, Secretary-of-State for the Navy since 1669, has established three schools of naval architecture for...

Brest Founded in 1631 as a military dockyard by Archbishop and Prime Minister Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu (†1642), the port of...

Pierre Arnoul A distinguished naval administrator, Pierre Arnoul, aged 28, is held responsible for a shipwreck so ousted from his...

Joachim d’Alencé, an astronomer, publishes the first release of an annual ephemeris, the ‘ Connoissance des Temps' .   He has worked   on...

Henry Winstantley Henry Winstantley, 54 years old, an engineer and a painter, lights the lighthouse he has built at his own expense on...

William Phips William Phipps or Phips, aged 36, originally a shipwright before becoming a complete ship captain and a famous treasure...

Edmund Halley Edmund Halley, an astronomer and polymath aged 30, presents at the Royal Society a map of the Trade Winds also known as...

Last year, a war broke out between Algiers and France at Dey Baba Hassan’s initiative. It implicitly involves the whole Barbary Coast,...

Anthony Deane, naval architect expert to the Surveyor of the Navy, and Samuel Pepys, kingpin of the Admiralty, both Members of...

On the 11th of May, thirteen French warships run aground on the reefs of an isolated small archipelago in the West Indies. This is the...

The United Provinces and France have been at war for five years. They have been struggling for ruling the seas while the Royal Navy has...

A new ordinance by Jean-Baptiste Colbert creates the Caisse des Invalides meant to rescuing the wounded mariners. Simultaneously, a...

World Map by John Seller John Seller, 39 years old, a compass maker and a writer, already famous in the world of navigation for his...

Jean-Baptiste Colbert The late steep rise of the French navy requires hands aboard the warships in unheard-of quantities. The French...

Anthony Deane, 37 years old, Master Shipwright at Portsmouth dockyard since 1668, publishes his Doctrine for Naval Architecture . ...

Jean Picard, a priest, an astronomer and a geodesist, aged 49, has measured an arc of meridian between Paris and Amiens, hence the radius...

The three-deckers have multiplied lately. They also tend to inflate up to tremendous sizes. Their design and building remain quite...

King Charles II The second Anglo-Dutch war goes to an end after two years. ‘In all things, in wisdom, courage, force and success, the...