Space history timelineFrom year (negative = BCE)To yearShowShowing the 1640s. Show all decades1 record3000s BCE (1)2500s BCE (1)2450s BCE (1)1600s BCE (1)800s BCE (1)500s BCE (1)430s BCE (1)270s BCE (1)250s BCE (2)240s BCE (1)150s BCE (1)130s BCE (1)40s BCE (1)150s CE (1)180s CE (1)390s CE (1)490s CE (1)620s CE (1)820s CE (1)830s CE (1)960s CE (1)1000s (1)1050s (1)1060s (1)1280s (1)1430s (1)1540s (1)1570s (1)1590s (1)1600s (3)1610s (4)1640s (1)1680s (1)1700s (1)1710s (1)1720s (1)1750s (2)1780s (1)1800s (2)1810s (1)1820s (1)1830s (1)1840s (3)1850s (1)1860s (1)1890s (3)1900s (1)1910s (1)1920s (2)1930s (3)1940s (2)1950s (7)1960s (907)1970s (1,175)1980s (1,090)1990s (594)2000s (472)2010s (826)2020s (1,272)1640s 1 record16451645 CE to 1715 CE Date range solar scienceMaunder MinimumSolar observations show an extended period with unusually few sunspots.
