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17th Century Timeline
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1. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1618
1666
1655
1641
2. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1697
1663
1616
3. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1605
1700
1680
1665
4. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1696
1606
1624
1661
5. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1658
1654
1692
1639
6. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1633
1637
1685
1605
7. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1640
1630
1688
1688
8. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1641
1624
1620
1631
9. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1605
1696
1629
1632
10. Ren
1607
1683
1641
1665
11. The fortresses of Veszpr
1605
1640
1606
1667
12. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1632
1676
1665
1668
13. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1682
1641
1665
1647
14. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1640
1620
1667
15. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1700
1681
1620
1660
16. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1700
1632
1668
1681
17. The Great Plague of London.
1602
1613
1665
1697
18. Torture is outlawed in England.
1676
1678
1640
1655
19. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1613
1672
1616
1660
20. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1654
1668
1644
1620
21. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1609
1678
1667
1606
22. Torture is outlawed in England.
1606
1640
1627
1664
23. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1670
1624
1683
1633
24. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1606
1648
1689
1610
25. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1627
1688
1609
1610
26. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1678
1626
1621
1616
27. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1676
1620
1637
1641
28. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1636
1649
1658
1682
29. The Irish Rebellion.
1606
1641
1601
1665
30. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1636
1672
1667
31. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1685
1620
1606
1695
32. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1688
1602
1699
1680
33. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1672
1674
1689
1601
34. Ren
1641
1683
1639
1669
35. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1601
1688
1667
36. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1700
1618
1665
1601
37. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1694
1658
1622
1648
38. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1648
1665
1647
1620
39. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1683
1672
1680
40. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1693
1652
1629
1626
41. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1641
1622
1690
1636
42. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1631
1620
1642
1636
43. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1669
1640
1696
1688
44. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1672
1629
1605
1618
45. Battle of L
1665
1700
1632
1620
46. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1642
1663
1609
47. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1672
1694
1634
1627
48. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1637
1661
1683
1607
49. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1663
1683
1610
1618
50. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1619
1694
1632
1672