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17th Century Timeline

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






2. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






3. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






4. Mary II of England dies






5. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






6. Famine in France kills 2 million.






7. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






8. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






9. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






10. The Deluge wars leave Polish






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






12. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






13. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.






14. Battle of N






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






16. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






17. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






18. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.






19. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






20. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.






21. Mount Vesuvius erupts






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






23. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






24. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






25. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






26. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






27. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






28. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






29. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






30. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






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






32. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






33. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






34. The Bank of England is established.






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






36. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






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






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






39. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






40. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






42. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






43. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






44. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






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






46. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






47. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






48. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






49. Polish-Ottoman War.






50. Naval Battle of the Downs