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17th Century Timeline
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1. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1639
1685
1642
1664
2. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1661
1606
1620
1693
3. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1667
1668
1639
1660
4. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1648
1605
1645
1624
5. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1645
1619
1697
1611
6. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1667
1665
1695
1605
7. Naval Battle of the Downs
1639
1664
1667
1632
8. Battle of L
1632
1693
1647
1601
9. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1622
1670
1642
10. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1634
1682
1605
11. The Great Plague of London.
1648
1665
1674
1658
12. Aurochs go extinct.
1626
1627
1699
1663
13. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1623
1616
1663
1644
14. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1618
1683
1639
1676
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.
1620
1631
1668
1601
16. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1700
1674
1610
1689
17. Franco-Dutch War.
1611
1672
1652
1606
18. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1603
1603
1700
1620
19. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1640
1672
1665
1664
20. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1645
1629
1668
1644
21. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1606
1618
1607
1634
22. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1616
1692
1636
1672
23. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1630
1645
1631
24. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1681
1672
1689
1664
25. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1660
1641
1688
1606
26. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1664
1648
1629
1611
27. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1676
1685
1605
1674
28. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1674
1661
1602
1647
29. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1680
1682
1610
1648
30. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1606
1651
1621
1665
31. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1616
1674
1689
32. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1681
1645
1639
1616
33. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1648
1676
1624
1609
34. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1640
1676
1606
1687
35. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1623
1618
1634
36. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1690
1640
1632
1606
37. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1603
1680
1674
38. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1601
1664
1672
1644
39. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1699
1639
1667
1610
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.
1609
1601
1609
1620
41. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1648
1606
1667
42. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1605
1672
1606
43. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1667
1639
1624
1682
44. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1601
1688
1603
1665
45. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1613
1688
1664
1689
46. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1652
1681
1620
47. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1611
1661
1618
1616
48. Ren
1639
1695
1641
1658
49. The Great Plague of Seville.
1640
1655
1673
1647
50. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1660
1692
1699
1687