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17th Century Timeline

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1. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






2. Fronde civil war in France.






3. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






4. Naval Battle of the Downs






5. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






6. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






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






8. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






9. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






10. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






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






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






13. Torture is outlawed in England.






14. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






15. Mehmed K






16. Mount Vesuvius erupts






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






18. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






19. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






20. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.






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






22. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






23. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






24. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






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






26. The Irish Rebellion.






27. Battle of N






28. Famine in France kills 2 million.






29. The Irish Rebellion.






30. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






31. Aurochs go extinct.






32. The Great Plague of London.






33. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






34. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






35. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






36. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






37. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






38. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






39. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






40. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.






41. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






42. Ren






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






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






45. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






46. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






47. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






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






49. Torture is outlawed in England.






50. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.