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17th Century Timeline
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1. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1689
1608
1616
1644
2. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1672
1697
1644
1663
3. Torture is outlawed in England.
1652
1640
1687
1681
4. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1630
1631
1633
5. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1689
1672
1651
1618
6. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1647
1662
1665
7. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1620
1647
1613
8. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1640
1609
1648
1633
9. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.
1642
1667
1658
1630
10. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1636
1627
1654
1603
11. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1652
1696
1606
1629
12. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1663
1619
1665
13. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1697
1603
1661
1676
14. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1682
1613
1700
1601
15. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1663
1669
1665
1664
16. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1627
1632
1606
1629
17. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1640
1630
1681
1683
18. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1640
1682
1623
1647
19. Polish
1697
1663
1613
1647
20. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1607
1605
1689
1680
21. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1688
1606
1648
1676
22. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1685
1665
1700
1676
23. Torture is outlawed in England.
1697
1640
1688
1700
24. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1681
1625
1641
25. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1654
1642
1607
1676
26. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1641
1674
1669
1682
27. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1639
1688
1601
28. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1616
1672
1619
1682
29. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1610
1700
1645
1700
30. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1644
1610
1674
1647
31. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1689
1680
1662
1654
32. Polish-Ottoman War.
1682
1618
1620
1672
33. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1606
1689
1603
34. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1618
1606
1666
35. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1618
1629
1620
1605
36. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1621
1616
1631
37. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1672
1676
1605
1642
38. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1601
1652
1611
1688
39. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1610
1689
1678
1620
40. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1633
1606
1640
1613
41. The Defenestration of Prague
1639
1654
1618
1609
42. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1664
1613
1665
1683
43. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1601
1689
1649
1664
44. The fortresses of Veszpr
1605
1640
1623
1641
45. Naval Battle of the Downs
1682
1639
1672
1685
46. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1613
1616
1654
1648
47. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1637
1694
1636
1640
48. Mehmed K
1603
1692
1661
1663
49. The Russian famine of 1601
1637
1655
1644
1601
50. 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.
1673
1618
1606
1700