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17th Century Timeline

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






2. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






3. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.






4. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






5. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






6. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






7. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






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






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






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11. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






13. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






14. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






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






16. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






17. The Great Plague of London.






18. Torture is outlawed in England.






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






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






21. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






22. Torture is outlawed in England.






23. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






24. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






25. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






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






27. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






28. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






29. The Irish Rebellion.






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






31. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






32. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






33. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






36. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






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






38. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






39. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






40. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






41. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






42. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






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






44. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






45. Battle of L






46. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






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






48. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






49. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






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