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17th Century Timeline
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1. Battle of L
1632
1665
1602
1624
2. The Great Plague of London.
1633
1693
1641
1665
3. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1622
1645
1641
1601
4. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1630
1640
1688
1642
5. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1685
1689
1620
1655
6. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1697
1651
1672
1636
7. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1672
1645
1629
1618
8. Battle of N
1640
1634
1672
1608
9. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1618
1631
1639
1696
10. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1603
1622
1662
1665
11. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1619
1700
1639
1663
12. Fronde civil war in France.
1648
1629
1683
1689
13. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1689
1623
1689
14. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1629
1665
1699
15. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1613
1609
1622
1689
16. Ren
1658
1647
1660
1641
17. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1622
1632
1672
1642
18. The Irish Rebellion.
1640
1636
1641
1688
19. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1621
1700
1606
1660
20. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1661
1682
1688
1641
21. The Bank of England is established.
1636
1640
1620
1694
22. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1624
1700
1681
1606
23. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1630
1618
1603
1678
24. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1641
1663
1645
1654
25. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1610
1655
1616
1700
26. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1605
1633
1682
1668
27. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1644
1627
1648
1700
28. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1620
1648
1639
1634
29. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1689
1621
1606
30. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1602
1666
1618
31. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1682
1658
1662
1688
32. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1609
1606
1699
1661
33. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1639
1665
1640
34. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1601
1688
1626
1640
35. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1629
1647
1688
1692
36. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1692
1685
1641
1672
37. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1700
1699
1693
38. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1695
1688
1685
1700
39. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1645
1616
1672
1663
40. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1663
1632
1696
41. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1645
1682
1641
42. The Defenestration of Prague
1620
1606
1618
1654
43. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1609
1620
1652
44. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1624
1633
1682
1639
45. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1602
1674
1682
1661
46. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1693
1676
1606
1624
47. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1665
1641
1662
1606
48. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1700
1624
1610
1683
49. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1648
1676
1632
1637
50. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1649
1613
1683
1602