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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1645
1687
1620
1669
2. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1668
1607
1637
1606
3. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1672
1641
1689
1682
4. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1683
1631
1627
1610
5. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1670
1620
1648
6. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1632
1627
1647
1616
7. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1678
1620
1676
8. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1699
1606
1633
9. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1620
1660
1639
1606
10. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1603
1648
1683
11. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1601
1658
1652
1690
12. Ren
1660
1641
1661
1607
13. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1642
1660
1606
1611
14. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1609
1641
1666
1647
15. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1629
1667
1606
1644
16. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1682
1618
1622
1682
17. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1613
1633
1667
1641
18. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1672
1700
1700
19. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1689
1625
1610
1672
20. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1619
1648
1642
1626
21. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.
1692
1630
1606
1667
22. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1624
1608
1662
1622
23. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1694
1660
1642
1640
24. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1613
1654
1700
1639
25. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1668
1636
1687
1700
26. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1647
1636
1618
27. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1644
1663
1605
1668
28. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1641
1652
1681
29. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1676
1616
1620
1607
30. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1620
1618
1619
31. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1647
1683
1648
1694
32. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1689
1601
1660
1696
33. Battle of N
1694
1631
1655
1634
34. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1626
1623
1664
1605
35. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1636
1694
1627
36. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1700
1620
1610
1624
37. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1634
1623
1625
1605
38. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1618
1688
1664
1683
39. The Great Plague of Seville.
1632
1647
1632
1639
40. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1661
1664
1668
1602
41. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1640
1687
1634
42. Mary II of England dies
1692
1694
1644
1700
43. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1661
1674
1623
44. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1642
1687
1663
1667
45. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1616
1634
1664
1690
46. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1648
1681
1667
47. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1662
1689
1663
1601
48. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1689
1667
1660
1697
49. Aurochs go extinct.
1682
1627
1648
1688
50. Ren
1642
1652
1603
1641