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17th Century Timeline

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






2. The Siege of Derry.






3. Polish-Ottoman War.






4. Mehmed K






5. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.






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






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






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






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






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






11. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






12. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






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






14. Battle of N






15. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






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






17. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.






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






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






20. Mary II of England dies






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






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






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






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






25. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






26. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






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






28. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






29. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






30. The Great Fire of London.






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






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






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






34. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






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






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






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






38. Franco-Dutch War.






39. Mount Vesuvius erupts






40. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






41. The Ottomans capture Crete.






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






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






44. Famine in France kills 2 million.






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






46. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






48. Lithuanian Civil War






49. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






50. Ren