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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1624
1648
1609
1610
2. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1616
1629
1641
1618
3. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1695
1622
1620
1672
4. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1641
1688
1663
5. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1687
1667
1654
6. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1651
1688
1616
1622
7. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1639
1610
1685
1689
8. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1689
1661
1640
9. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1620
1688
1672
1624
10. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1605
1618
1663
1606
11. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1680
1641
1616
1606
12. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1606
1678
1618
1640
13. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1692
1634
1697
1616
14. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1664
1667
1664
15. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1688
1673
1663
1647
16. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1601
1605
1683
17. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1699
1683
1688
1629
18. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1645
1618
1683
1652
19. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1622
1602
1634
1678
20. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1640
1625
1640
1616
21. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1624
1607
1603
1639
22. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1676
1620
1655
23. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1637
1648
1667
24. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1666
1641
1636
1601
25. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1607
1662
1660
26. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1649
1644
1648
27. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1673
1674
1678
1627
28. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1609
1619
1629
1697
29. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1620
1606
1688
1661
30. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1611
1694
1644
1603
31. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1660
1699
1674
1665
32. The Siege of Derry.
1623
1632
1688
1648
33. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1639
1645
1664
1637
34. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1682
1690
1601
1688
35. The Great Fire of London.
1654
1666
1690
1647
36. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1610
1683
1633
1608
37. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1678
1642
1676
1654
38. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1672
1606
1611
1649
39. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1648
1611
1607
1689
40. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1700
1683
1621
1648
41. The fortresses of Veszpr
1626
1605
1689
1608
42. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1644
1632
1609
1692
43. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1697
1689
1603
1640
44. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1688
1618
1674
1665
45. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1618
1661
1694
1685
46. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1648
1688
1636
1613
47. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1672
1664
1641
1699
48. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1696
1647
1699
1642
49. Mehmed K
1661
1683
1663
1603
50. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1629
1672
1603
1644