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17th Century Timeline
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1. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1606
1640
1683
1639
2. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1674
1652
1647
1633
3. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1683
1606
1607
1689
4. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1624
1699
1694
1672
5. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1613
1660
1620
6. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1632
1606
1639
1632
7. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1636
1647
1616
8. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1695
1641
1624
1678
9. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1688
1620
1606
1663
10. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1683
1693
1626
1644
11. 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.
1624
1618
1605
1648
12. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1682
1618
1616
1672
13. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1642
1603
1618
1663
14. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1607
1644
1676
1689
15. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1685
1661
1668
1681
16. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1688
1609
1676
17. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1641
1605
1664
1660
18. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1658
1667
1689
19. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1613
1607
1667
1623
20. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1626
1644
1603
21. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1625
1682
1697
1620
22. Lithuanian Civil War
1655
1618
1700
1664
23. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1648
1682
1639
1624
24. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1664
1692
1672
1660
25. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1618
1649
1655
1618
26. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1641
1618
1630
1608
27. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1688
1670
1681
1674
28. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1606
1605
1647
1632
29. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1605
1618
1610
30. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1652
1610
1654
31. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1632
1689
1661
1664
32. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1683
1673
1682
33. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1689
1688
1620
1624
34. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1663
1618
1621
1664
35. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1664
1641
1601
1621
36. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1652
1682
1606
1625
37. Ren
1634
1634
1601
1641
38. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1639
1680
1662
39. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1601
1610
1660
1620
40. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1667
1660
1700
41. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1603
1696
1654
1605
42. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1629
1672
1601
1618
43. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1669
1672
1694
44. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1639
1700
1699
1694
45. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1688
1626
1629
1639
46. 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.
1620
1664
1606
1610
47. 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
1666
1605
1689
1680
48. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1654
1603
1683
1608
49. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1644
1626
1689
1637
50. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1609
1639
1620