Skip to main content
Site Guide
Resources
Search
About
Top Menu - main site navigation
Welcome
Overview
Biography
Chronology
Bibliography
Portraits
Homes
Videos
Legacy
Chronology
Heritage: from 1246
1246 - 1583
1584 - 1614
1615 - 1631
Youth: to age 40
1632 - 1653
1654 - 1672
Early Career: 40 to 70
1673 - 1679
1679 - 1686
1687 - 1694
1694 - 1702
Late Career: after 70
1702 - 1712
1712 - 1719
1720 - 1776
Family
Leeuwenhoek
Maria Thonis
Maria's estate
Family members
Related families
Chronology
Property
De Meij
Barbara Elias
Chronology
Property
Swalmius
Cornelia Johannes
Chronology
Property
De Molijn
Margrieta Philips
Family members
Related families
Chronology
Property
Van den Berch
Margrietke Jacobs
Family members
Related families
Chronology
Property
Hogenhouck
Neeltje Jans
Family members
Chronology
Property
Civic career
Student
Mentors
Chronology
Merchant
City Official
Vermeer chronology
Scientific career
Microscopes
Specimens
Microscopists
Visitors
Chronology
Royal Society
Letters
Publications
First editions
All editions
Figures
Phil. Transactions
List of articles
Period 1 1673-1679
Chronology
Period 2 1679-1686
Chronology
Period 3 1687-1694
Chronology
Period 4 1694-1702
Chronology
Period 5 1702-1712
Chronology
Period 6 1712-1719
Chronology
Period 7 1720-1723
Chronology
Delft in Holland
Views and maps
City history
City government
City finances
Public buildings
Public records
Contemporaries
Baptisms
Marriages
Wills
Burials
Family property
Life in Holland
Jan Luyken
Pieter de Hooch
Jan Steen
Adriaen van Ostade
Gabriel Metsu
Delft
The Prince's city
Views and maps
Chronology: City history
City government
City finances
Public buildings
Public records: City archives
Leeuwenhoek’s contemporaries
Life in Holland in the 1600's
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
Feast of the Bean King
The Sleepy Sportsman
The Cook
Hunter's Gift
Old Drinker
Work in Holland
in the 1600's
Spinner
Spectacle maker
Potter
Ship's carpenter
Images of life in Holland
Jan Luyken
1649-1712
Astrologer
Baker
Book printer
Bricklayer
Coffin maker
Dyer
Engraver
Glass blower
Glazier
Instrument maker
Lawyer
Merchant
Miller
Painter
Physician
Plumber
Potter
Sail maker
Sculptor
Ship's carpenter
Spectacle maker
Spinner
Stone mason
Turner
Wagonwright
Wig-maker
Wire drawer
Previous
Pause
Next
1
of
27
Life in Holland slide shows
Adriaen van Ostade
Jan Steen
Pieter de Hooch
Gabriel Metsu
Jan Luyken
Life in Holland
in the 1600's
The Effects of Intemperance
Three Kings Feast (Bean King)
Leaving the Tavern
Woman and Child Bleaching
Mother's Duty
Card Players
