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17th Century Timeline
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1. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1609
1680
1608
2. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1613
1689
1639
3. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1662
1699
1689
1644
4. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1667
1692
1601
1680
5. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1674
1610
1672
1636
6. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1608
1662
1651
1640
7. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1699
1622
1618
1606
8. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1609
1637
1620
1658
9. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1672
1648
1661
10. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1694
1664
1624
1601
11. Lithuanian Civil War
1664
1700
1648
1645
12. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1629
1688
1697
13. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1700
1641
1699
14. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1685
1640
1694
1689
15. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1688
1652
1642
16. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1688
1692
1683
1668
17. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1633
1664
1645
1648
18. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1624
1640
1682
1672
19. Fronde civil war in France.
1644
1620
1648
1606
20. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1603
1664
1662
1672
21. Mehmed K
1606
1673
1661
1685
22. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1693
1652
1658
1624
23. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1663
1688
1676
1648
24. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1689
1683
1629
1649
25. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1603
1607
1665
1605
26. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1624
1639
1676
1682
27. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1673
1682
1602
28. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1610
1601
1685
1639
29. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1670
1667
1660
1620
30. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1632
1648
1672
31. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1633
1603
1634
1644
32. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1648
1693
1637
33. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1680
1632
1610
1662
34. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1644
1607
1618
1610
35. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1658
1700
1623
1640
36. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1662
1620
1627
1624
37. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1655
1672
1603
1683
38. Ren
1641
1699
1665
1620
39. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1616
1639
1652
40. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1700
1661
1619
1647
41. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1664
1660
1672
42. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1644
1700
1665
43. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1682
1664
1619
1606
44. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1631
1649
1613
45. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1618
1620
1685
1606
46. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1642
1616
1620
1640
47. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1606
1630
1649
1645
48. The Great Fire of London.
1633
1666
1683
1632
49. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1618
1616
1662
1648
50. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1658
1688
1640
1608