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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1609
1607
1699
2. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1603
1667
1676
3. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1606
1676
1648
4. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1610
1689
1621
5. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1660
1672
1634
1699
6. The Russian famine of 1601
1674
1664
1655
1601
7. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1663
1697
1670
1676
8. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1630
1672
1683
9. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1609
1613
1641
1690
10. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1637
1640
1689
1610
11. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1700
1624
1629
1683
12. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1689
1676
1627
1610
13. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1694
1700
1678
1603
14. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1621
1644
1663
1685
15. 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.
1683
1630
1608
1648
16. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1610
1692
1674
1603
17. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1689
1672
1695
1674
18. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1609
1633
1683
1632
19. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1647
1689
1634
20. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1681
1627
1668
1672
21. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1607
1605
1665
22. Naval Battle of the Downs
1672
1689
1639
1601
23. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1655
1688
1700
1636
24. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1661
1629
1674
25. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1633
1611
1640
26. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1645
1634
1648
1652
27. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1627
1658
1606
1601
28. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1632
1680
1636
1618
29. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1660
1618
1634
30. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1694
1629
1644
1688
31. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1694
1661
1648
1607
32. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1665
1620
1688
1618
33. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1700
1611
1672
1606
34. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1601
1618
1700
1687
35. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1665
1647
1637
1620
36. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1629
1672
1606
1619
37. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1647
1607
1611
1699
38. The Siege of Derry.
1609
1685
1688
1700
39. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1624
1610
1641
1688
40. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1624
1654
1641
1647
41. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1636
1658
1672
42. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1639
1663
1688
43. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1665
1625
1640
1618
44. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1626
1689
1699
45. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1634
1602
1666
1662
46. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1667
1682
1692
1619
47. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1610
1637
1620
1605
48. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1641
1667
1661
1618
49. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1662
1652
1627
1633
50. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1629
1621
1619
1664