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17th Century Timeline

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1. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






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






3. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






4. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






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






6. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






7. Naval Battle of the Downs






8. Battle of L






9. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






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






11. The Great Plague of London.






12. Aurochs go extinct.






13. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






14. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






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






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






17. Franco-Dutch War.






18. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






19. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






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






21. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






22. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






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






24. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






25. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






26. The Deluge wars leave Polish






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






28. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






30. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.






31. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






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






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






34. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






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






36. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.






44. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






45. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






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






47. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






48. Ren






49. The Great Plague of Seville.






50. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.