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17th Century Timeline
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1. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1644
1664
1642
2. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1620
1667
1700
1634
3. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1622
1681
1636
1683
4. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1644
1664
1648
5. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1676
1652
1622
1606
6. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1664
1699
1648
7. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1613
1616
1647
1688
8. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1603
1611
1700
1639
9. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1647
1611
1688
1663
10. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1683
1683
1624
1692
11. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1648
1688
1648
1605
12. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1665
1670
1613
1605
13. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1665
1663
1639
1629
14. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1700
1667
1699
15. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1680
1616
1622
1629
16. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1625
1648
1689
1607
17. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1673
1664
1695
1609
18. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1627
1610
1601
1605
19. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1699
1618
1661
1663
20. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1700
1689
1688
1685
21. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1629
1688
1674
1665
22. The Great Plague of London.
1690
1665
1694
1622
23. Mary II of England dies
1685
1636
1694
1661
24. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1634
1620
1608
25. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1606
1672
1618
26. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1640
1672
1670
1699
27. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1642
1601
1616
1682
28. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1645
1668
1633
1690
29. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1644
1606
1666
1660
30. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1664
1630
1658
1683
31. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1605
1652
1665
1641
32. Polish
1645
1692
1613
1648
33. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1641
1689
1611
1601
34. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1652
1610
1640
1642
35. 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
1689
1700
1603
1618
36. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1665
1606
1669
1640
37. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1651
1625
1672
1696
38. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1672
1652
1610
1620
39. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1607
1627
1620
1700
40. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1607
1625
1629
1618
41. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1648
1640
1610
1633
42. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1634
1620
1602
1640
43. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1620
1634
1622
44. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1673
1665
1700
1660
45. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1699
1627
1639
1682
46. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1648
1674
1606
47. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1651
1652
1642
1640
48. The Irish Rebellion.
1616
1641
1663
1668
49. Mehmed K
1618
1661
1633
1654
50. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1601
1644
1673