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17th Century Timeline

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






3. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






4. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






5. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






6. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






7. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






8. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






9. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






10. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






11. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






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






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






15. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






16. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.






17. The fortresses of Veszpr






18. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






19. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






20. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






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22. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






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






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






25. The Irish Rebellion.






26. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






27. Lithuanian Civil War






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






29. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).






30. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






31. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






32. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.






33. Polish-Ottoman War.






34. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






35. The Great Plague of Seville.






36. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






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






38. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






39. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






40. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






41. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






42. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






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






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






45. The Defenestration of Prague






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






47. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






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






49. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






50. The Great Fire of London.