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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






2. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






4. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






5. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






6. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






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






8. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






9. The Great Plague of London.






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






11. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






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






13. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






14. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






15. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






16. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






17. Polish






18. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






19. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






20. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






21. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






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






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






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






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






26. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






27. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






28. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.






29. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






30. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






31. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






32. 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






33. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






34. 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.






35. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






36. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






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






38. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






39. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






40. The Deluge wars leave Polish






41. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






42. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






43. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.






44. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






45. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






46. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






47. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






48. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






49. The Bank of England is established.






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