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17th Century Timeline
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1. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1609
1606
1663
1626
2. Polish
1667
1661
1683
1613
3. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1603
1623
1658
1613
4. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1616
1700
1699
5. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1607
1667
1616
1632
6. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1619
1692
1689
7. Fronde civil war in France.
1606
1658
1645
1648
8. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1665
1636
1633
1683
9. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1699
1694
1607
1618
10. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1627
1602
1606
11. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1665
1689
1640
1674
12. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1618
1665
1645
1641
13. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1640
1661
1613
14. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1661
1620
1631
1629
15. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1692
1648
1644
1661
16. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1689
1682
1620
1633
17. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1683
1621
1647
18. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1674
1688
1622
1634
19. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1652
1700
1688
1620
20. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1665
1674
1618
1651
21. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1616
1651
1623
1664
22. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1663
1683
1693
1622
23. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1639
1696
1624
1678
24. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1622
1616
1689
1667
25. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1651
1644
1670
26. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1664
1627
1648
1676
27. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1606
1667
1670
1695
28. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1632
1629
1672
29. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1676
1683
1633
1648
30. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1624
1607
1618
1648
31. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1683
1618
1662
32. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1639
1665
1606
1664
33. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1633
1694
1603
1607
34. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1660
1611
1633
1640
35. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1667
1622
1642
1627
36. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1673
1672
1641
1648
37. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1665
1641
1603
1623
38. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1683
1644
1618
1629
39. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1639
1613
1647
1648
40. 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
1631
1640
1689
1676
41. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1644
1641
1660
1601
42. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1683
1609
1682
1627
43. The fortresses of Veszpr
1693
1605
1647
1667
44. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1680
1645
1660
45. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1663
1661
1623
1672
46. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1645
1649
1634
47. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1692
1619
1667
1606
48. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1699
1627
1603
49. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1676
1606
1662
1680
50. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1601
1639
1611
1697