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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1663
1629
1680
1654
2. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1607
1676
1681
1663
3. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1645
1683
1662
4. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1625
1683
1610
1644
5. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1644
1667
1662
1676
6. The Great Fire of London.
1667
1666
1642
1610
7. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1664
1616
1694
1692
8. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1674
1611
1642
1636
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.
1700
1660
1661
1607
10. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1648
1636
1692
11. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1662
1624
1693
1681
12. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1633
1637
1648
1672
13. Aurochs go extinct.
1602
1627
1688
1619
14. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1678
1699
1699
15. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1629
1669
1624
1694
16. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1620
1700
1636
1622
17. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1652
1689
1608
1611
18. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1652
1610
1665
1603
19. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1694
1660
1620
1661
20. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1631
1613
1644
1690
21. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1676
1700
1603
1678
22. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1633
1609
1689
1627
23. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1660
1661
1692
1606
24. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1630
1660
1619
1606
25. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1620
1661
1639
1607
26. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1618
1692
1606
1625
27. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1637
1655
1660
1688
28. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1616
1680
1616
1634
29. The Great Fire of London.
1666
1603
1627
1602
30. Polish-Ottoman War.
1688
1672
1610
1700
31. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1672
1610
1688
1601
32. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1640
1605
1689
1625
33. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1642
1611
1601
1607
34. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1631
1616
1654
1688
35. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1644
1605
1667
1606
36. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1664
1680
1676
1660
37. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1616
1603
1626
1648
38. The Defenestration of Prague
1683
1639
1606
1618
39. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1670
1648
1601
1674
40. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1692
1622
1680
1667
41. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1652
1606
1641
1636
42. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1682
1624
1618
1660
43. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1642
1603
1633
1663
44. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1652
1676
1663
1601
45. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1692
1649
1683
1674
46. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1688
1689
1616
1682
47. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1627
1683
1608
1605
48. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1670
1676
1655
1696
49. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1695
1616
1689
1620
50. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1700
1613
1620
1602