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17th Century Timeline
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1. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1699
1618
1682
1629
2. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1700
1621
1664
3. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1649
1605
1699
1618
4. Fronde civil war in France.
1669
1644
1648
1611
5. Battle of N
1676
1648
1634
1606
6. The Russian famine of 1601
1624
1662
1693
1601
7. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1648
1642
1652
1644
8. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1678
1697
1700
1664
9. Aurochs go extinct.
1636
1627
1609
1674
10. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1689
1641
1603
1644
11. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1676
1603
1648
1642
12. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1662
1606
1633
1682
13. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1663
1658
1694
1603
14. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1672
1639
1648
1682
15. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1609
1692
1640
1648
16. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1636
1607
1667
1647
17. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1651
1655
1622
1619
18. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1633
1680
1623
1618
19. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1627
1647
1606
20. The Defenestration of Prague
1688
1699
1689
1618
21. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1688
1670
1603
1644
22. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1667
1674
1692
1667
23. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1620
1683
1681
24. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1613
1607
1632
1690
25. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1620
1662
1689
1607
26. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1696
1610
1627
1665
27. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1613
1651
1610
1672
28. Naval Battle of the Downs
1601
1697
1620
1639
29. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1689
1644
1672
1606
30. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1669
1685
1636
31. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1683
1664
1639
1700
32. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1700
1640
1609
1619
33. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1608
1663
1689
1700
34. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1648
1674
1689
1697
35. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1636
1622
1700
1692
36. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1664
1613
1644
37. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1682
1602
1629
38. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1665
1620
1640
1654
39. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1689
1645
1661
1682
40. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1690
1631
1636
1623
41. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1688
1609
1658
42. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1627
1616
1689
1688
43. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1689
1610
1618
1634
44. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1627
1618
1668
1651
45. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1641
1689
1661
1664
46. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1672
1644
1616
1666
47. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1633
1622
1687
1700
48. 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.
1606
1611
1693
1664
49. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1645
1601
1699
1618
50. Torture is outlawed in England.
1620
1632
1644
1640