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17th Century Timeline
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1. Mehmed K
1696
1667
1654
1690
2. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1639
1630
1652
3. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1610
1645
1618
1613
4. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1689
1636
1608
1645
5. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1623
1689
1613
1642
6. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1676
1645
1603
7. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1647
1601
1601
1689
8. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1697
1633
1603
1610
9. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1642
1607
1654
1682
10. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1605
1639
1690
1699
11. The fortresses of Veszpr
1699
1620
1640
1605
12. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1637
1672
1616
1689
13. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1618
1616
1648
14. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1606
1618
1620
1683
15. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1642
1633
1645
1661
16. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1688
1639
1640
1648
17. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1663
1700
1606
18. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1700
1620
1618
1641
19. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1674
1620
1670
1640
20. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1683
1666
1624
1699
21. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1607
1672
1682
1700
22. Battle of L
1618
1609
1632
1682
23. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1696
1647
1644
1660
24. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1688
1625
1681
25. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1660
1692
1631
1664
26. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1640
1660
1620
1608
27. The Great Plague of Seville.
1616
1660
1672
1647
28. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1602
1700
1627
1633
29. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1678
1641
1632
1688
30. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1661
1631
1662
1663
31. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1658
1694
1639
32. Polish
1665
1683
1613
1688
33. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1648
1606
1625
1616
34. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1622
1626
1639
35. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1651
1603
1616
1625
36. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1632
1606
1629
37. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1610
1608
1605
1662
38. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1689
1641
1601
1700
39. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1623
1648
1622
1663
40. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1634
1666
1660
41. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1700
1668
1623
1622
42. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1667
1700
1682
1663
43. Battle of N
1644
1634
1606
1670
44. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1616
1620
1618
1683
45. Polish
1613
1611
1696
1636
46. Ren
1641
1645
1697
1667
47. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1663
1634
1696
1619
48. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1630
1670
1689
1606
49. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1662
1672
1696
1680
50. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1661
1666
1685