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17th Century Timeline
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1. Polish
1613
1688
1692
1605
2. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1605
1673
1620
1682
3. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1667
1623
1618
1609
4. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1608
1660
1689
1700
5. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1621
1689
1649
6. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.
1642
1620
1672
1682
7. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1665
1667
1673
1620
8. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1613
1663
1630
1699
9. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1608
1665
1602
1623
10. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1672
1665
1640
1681
11. Lithuanian Civil War
1636
1632
1636
1700
12. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1683
1661
1688
1660
13. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1607
1688
1678
14. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1678
1700
1654
15. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1620
1668
1605
16. Mehmed K
1666
1667
1611
1661
17. Ren
1672
1689
1641
1689
18. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1649
1683
1632
1640
19. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1620
1603
1639
1689
20. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1607
1652
1692
1663
21. Naval Battle of the Downs
1667
1618
1639
1632
22. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1607
1683
1667
1616
23. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1688
1640
1644
1672
24. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1689
1676
1616
1669
25. Battle of N
1654
1661
1620
1634
26. Polish-Ottoman War.
1654
1672
1610
1692
27. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1606
1602
1641
1661
28. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1648
1696
1685
1618
29. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1672
1603
1652
1606
30. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1629
1692
1689
31. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1652
1633
1642
1634
32. The Great Fire of London.
1666
1618
1687
1648
33. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1651
1626
1667
1602
34. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1676
1674
1629
35. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1637
1676
1676
36. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1666
1639
1683
1634
37. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1639
1647
1648
1680
38. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1631
1632
1627
39. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1688
1601
1610
1667
40. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1644
1697
1658
41. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1640
1688
1672
1636
42. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1640
1605
1673
43. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1647
1699
1624
1678
44. Mehmed K
1602
1664
1696
1654
45. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1601
1620
1616
1688
46. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1687
1636
1605
47. Torture is outlawed in England.
1648
1676
1624
1640
48. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1700
1670
1610
1694
49. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1606
1634
1661
50. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1607
1629
1682
1688