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17th Century Timeline
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1. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1661
1639
1658
2. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1665
1609
1631
1683
3. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1692
1616
1618
4. Naval Battle of the Downs
1639
1662
1603
1689
5. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1672
1610
1605
1665
6. 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
1667
1609
1601
1647
7. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1613
1634
1640
8. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1699
1668
1660
1663
9. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1665
1672
1666
1669
10. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1640
1616
1689
1633
11. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1690
1663
1645
1619
12. The Siege of Derry.
1661
1644
1641
1688
13. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1606
1603
1640
1601
14. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1688
1676
1697
1690
15. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1609
1606
1605
1611
16. 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
1665
1661
1682
17. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1642
1621
1682
1651
18. The Great Plague of Seville.
1622
1654
1647
1687
19. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1619
1609
1613
1639
20. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1613
1688
1676
1667
21. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1663
1609
1647
1669
22. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1693
1689
1676
1652
23. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1664
1608
1678
24. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1685
1613
1693
1688
25. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1626
1636
1687
1611
26. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1668
1688
1606
1689
27. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1689
1644
1652
28. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1601
1658
1641
1616
29. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1658
1700
1674
1627
30. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1606
1665
1616
1658
31. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1645
1667
1616
32. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1683
1605
1606
1689
33. Mehmed K
1654
1699
1606
1641
34. Ren
1641
1629
1689
1648
35. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1620
1674
1676
1618
36. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1688
1603
1647
1633
37. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1620
1618
1660
1669
38. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1607
1652
1674
1640
39. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1661
1680
1618
1693
40. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1627
1602
1603
1692
41. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1637
1669
1641
1618
42. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1616
1610
1608
1663
43. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1683
1668
1619
1636
44. Polish-Ottoman War.
1625
1618
1672
1648
45. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1630
1644
1606
1610
46. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1667
1610
1699
1640
47. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1682
1685
1689
1688
48. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1608
1618
1662
1640
49. Polish
1631
1667
1669
1613
50. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1694
1611
1663
1609
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