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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1620
1670
1688
2. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1607
1621
1637
1692
3. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1613
1647
1700
1683
4. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1683
1606
1652
1689
5. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1637
1607
1639
1624
6. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1624
1689
1674
1620
7. The Great Fire of London.
1603
1683
1666
1644
8. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1625
1618
1689
9. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1667
1696
1644
1697
10. Polish
1608
1639
1613
1647
11. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1601
1662
1641
1642
12. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1616
1667
1622
1664
13. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1693
1652
1611
14. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1699
1662
1661
1620
15. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1626
1682
1683
16. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1648
1652
1620
1637
17. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1618
1616
1619
18. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1648
1669
1700
19. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1618
1697
1606
1662
20. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1654
1606
1631
21. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1673
1682
1664
22. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1647
1620
1607
1676
23. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1606
1641
1644
1672
24. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1669
1680
1618
25. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1665
1683
1700
1606
26. The Russian famine of 1601
1678
1601
1699
1648
27. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1616
1666
1609
1682
28. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1626
1634
1602
29. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1655
1618
1610
30. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1603
1601
1647
1697
31. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1619
1672
1660
1610
32. The fortresses of Veszpr
1623
1683
1605
1606
33. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1673
1641
1689
1669
34. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1689
1660
1624
1603
35. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1620
1620
1624
36. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1640
1689
1682
1651
37. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1605
1665
1640
1606
38. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1602
1655
1611
1665
39. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1644
1606
1667
1683
40. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1639
1648
1634
1618
41. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1688
1688
1602
1689
42. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1606
1606
1672
1645
43. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1678
1669
1630
1620
44. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1688
1688
1687
45. Naval Battle of the Downs
1664
1639
1609
1618
46. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1689
1662
1609
1625
47. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1689
1664
1689
48. 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.
1613
1642
1602
1682
49. Battle of N
1660
1662
1642
1634
50. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1606
1665
1620
1644