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17th Century Timeline

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1. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.






2. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






3. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






4. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






5. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






6. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






7. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






8. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






9. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






10. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






11. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






12. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.






13. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar






14. The Great Plague of Seville.






15. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






16. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






17. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






18. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






19. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






20. The Defenestration of Prague






21. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






22. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






23. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






24. The fortresses of Veszpr






25. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






26. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






27. Franco-Dutch War.






28. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






29. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






30. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






31. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






32. Ren






33. Polish-Ottoman War.






34. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






35. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






36. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






37. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar






38. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






39. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






40. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






41. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






42. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






43. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.






44. The fortresses of Veszpr






45. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






46. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






47. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






48. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.






49. Polish






50. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.