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17th Century Timeline
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1. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1606
1665
1645
1696
2. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1661
1647
1688
1611
3. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1632
1637
1674
1620
4. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1634
1696
1629
1683
5. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1672
1624
1644
1688
6. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1700
1692
1605
1682
7. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1629
1607
1664
1619
8. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1665
1678
1683
1616
9. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1676
1637
1689
1699
10. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1610
1672
1613
1682
11. Mehmed K
1634
1661
1694
1662
12. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1689
1672
1660
1694
13. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1694
1663
1633
1623
14. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1648
1639
1606
1620
15. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1665
1603
1682
1624
16. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1644
1610
1601
1664
17. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1616
1639
1630
1606
18. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1629
1672
1607
19. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1624
1609
1687
1618
20. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1672
1648
1641
1644
21. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1672
1683
1670
1676
22. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1672
1655
1648
1645
23. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1640
1664
1634
1645
24. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1636
1672
1683
1699
25. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1672
1647
1630
1676
26. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1690
1673
1602
27. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1644
1630
1636
28. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1667
1644
1683
1669
29. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1669
1689
1601
30. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1699
1624
1682
1603
31. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1601
1689
1682
1672
32. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1630
1689
1664
1696
33. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1613
1609
1620
1687
34. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1666
1636
1621
35. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1683
1616
1603
1620
36. The Russian famine of 1601
1678
1700
1601
1647
37. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1667
1620
1688
1618
38. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1609
1660
1601
1601
39. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1634
1611
1667
1662
40. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1636
1647
1700
1616
41. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1606
1688
1687
1662
42. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1652
1682
1662
1700
43. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1676
1700
1627
1692
44. Battle of N
1634
1660
1618
1689
45. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1623
1601
1680
46. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1662
1629
1689
1700
47. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1645
1689
1683
1620
48. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1681
1658
1683
1676
49. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1606
1601
1683
1664
50. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1618
1694
1664
1688
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