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17th Century Timeline
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1. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1683
1689
1676
1645
2. 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
1606
1624
1697
3. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1667
1620
1664
1664
4. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1678
1688
1636
5. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1652
1606
1648
6. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1667
1631
1648
1676
7. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1633
1622
1618
1688
8. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1605
1682
1603
1661
9. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1664
1606
1603
1672
10. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1633
1647
1613
1662
11. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1644
1639
1637
1608
12. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1647
1603
1648
1689
13. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1634
1658
1601
1606
14. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1664
1647
1645
1620
15. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1622
1606
1700
1672
16. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1610
1670
1699
1603
17. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1624
1682
1633
18. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1688
1620
1665
1674
19. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1689
1689
1665
1624
20. Aurochs go extinct.
1660
1678
1627
1688
21. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1688
1689
1620
1640
22. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1642
1672
1682
23. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1688
1607
1624
1699
24. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1613
1664
1676
1696
25. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1688
1673
1605
26. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1700
1667
1673
1669
27. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1648
1674
1667
28. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1606
1689
1692
1641
29. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1648
1676
1694
1696
30. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1690
1662
1620
31. Franco-Dutch War.
1688
1672
1640
1620
32. Battle of N
1627
1634
1621
1667
33. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1669
1613
1629
1644
34. The Defenestration of Prague
1692
1662
1618
1605
35. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1642
1640
1624
1660
36. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1613
1632
1613
1620
37. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1672
1645
1616
1652
38. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1608
1616
1700
1640
39. Torture is outlawed in England.
1608
1640
1629
1603
40. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1663
1683
1616
1699
41. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1613
1663
1640
1620
42. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1688
1648
1652
1622
43. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1622
1637
1688
1606
44. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1609
1662
1663
1685
45. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1605
1630
1613
1616
46. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1616
1674
1640
1688
47. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1645
1620
1601
1609
48. Naval Battle of the Downs
1665
1695
1618
1639
49. Polish-Ottoman War.
1652
1672
1700
1694
50. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1622
1690
1631