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17th Century Timeline

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






2. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






3. Franco-Dutch War.






4. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






5. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






7. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






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






9. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






10. The Great Plague of Seville.






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






12. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






13. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.






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






15. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






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






17. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






18. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






19. 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.






20. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






21. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






22. Polish






23. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






24. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






25. The Great Plague of London.






26. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






27. Mount Vesuvius erupts






28. Mehmed K






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






30. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






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






32. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






33. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






34. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.






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






36. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






37. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






38. Polish-Ottoman War.






39. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






40. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






41. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






42. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






43. The Bank of England is established.






44. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






45. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.






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






47. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






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






49. Mehmed K






50. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.







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