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17th Century Timeline
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1. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1619
1660
1626
2. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1644
1618
1693
1645
3. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1683
1678
1618
4. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1693
1700
1611
5. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1669
1624
1692
1616
6. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1647
1697
1696
1616
7. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1620
1688
1623
1648
8. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1688
1641
1627
1647
9. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1621
1676
1606
1697
10. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1662
1655
1618
1616
11. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1606
1689
1652
1681
12. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1633
1640
1648
13. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1637
1629
1687
1680
14. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1688
1636
1641
1688
15. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1640
1688
1648
16. Mary II of England dies
1663
1648
1694
1664
17. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1649
1634
1676
1605
18. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1644
1688
1642
19. The Defenestration of Prague
1606
1618
1641
1676
20. The Great Fire of London.
1655
1666
1676
1689
21. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1688
1645
1663
22. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1667
1610
1695
1688
23. 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
1670
1642
1642
24. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1672
1660
1682
25. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1625
1609
1644
1633
26. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1616
1693
1685
1647
27. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1663
1669
1636
1700
28. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1665
1632
1618
1694
29. Fronde civil war in France.
1687
1699
1667
1648
30. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1602
1629
1658
1640
31. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1663
1678
1639
1667
32. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1606
1667
1689
1642
33. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1620
1693
1642
34. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1668
1689
1673
1641
35. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1637
1636
1688
1694
36. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1662
1618
1640
1629
37. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1607
1634
1605
38. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1644
1669
1639
1689
39. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1618
1688
1661
1630
40. Battle of N
1678
1634
1618
1647
41. Polish-Ottoman War.
1685
1672
1680
1658
42. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1641
1682
1658
1665
43. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1683
1688
1603
1623
44. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1666
1620
1683
45. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1662
1672
1648
1606
46. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1648
1610
1620
1665
47. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1618
1627
1663
1609
48. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1627
1620
1662
49. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1666
1680
1606
1630
50. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1611
1672
1658
1652