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17th Century Timeline
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1. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1639
1669
1618
2. The Siege of Derry.
1699
1690
1688
1655
3. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1642
1694
1652
4. Mehmed K
1672
1688
1683
1654
5. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1664
1694
1603
1672
6. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1688
1674
1672
1689
7. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1609
1607
1660
1618
8. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1664
1672
1674
9. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1663
1642
1662
1602
10. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1632
1624
1692
11. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1627
1681
1601
1652
12. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1636
1661
1658
13. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1619
1665
1647
1682
14. Battle of N
1634
1700
1647
1683
15. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1683
1700
1648
1688
16. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1667
1640
1606
1627
17. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1624
1639
1665
1601
18. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1613
1663
1629
1648
19. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1688
1606
1639
1689
20. Mary II of England dies
1621
1616
1694
1636
21. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1663
1625
1620
1644
22. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1665
1697
1603
23. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1623
1655
1672
1622
24. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1663
1636
1688
1664
25. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1682
1641
1694
1688
26. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1618
1663
1700
1640
27. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1700
1672
1664
1648
28. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1641
1681
1693
1603
29. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1631
1601
1660
30. The Great Fire of London.
1652
1664
1666
1625
31. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1667
1642
1630
1623
32. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1670
1672
1672
33. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1640
1627
1685
1641
34. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1676
1655
1685
1633
35. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1639
1644
1682
1689
36. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1620
1668
1640
1641
37. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1685
1609
1620
1640
38. Franco-Dutch War.
1689
1683
1674
1672
39. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1678
1665
1693
1631
40. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1683
1618
1700
1690
41. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1700
1669
1700
1694
42. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1668
1601
1654
1607
43. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1660
1610
1642
1622
44. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1601
1634
1651
1692
45. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1601
1632
1681
1655
46. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1649
1641
1621
1663
47. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1619
1641
1648
48. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1664
1649
1676
49. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1618
1700
1689
1640
50. Ren
1647
1641
1622
1674