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17th Century Timeline
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1. Fronde civil war in France.
1688
1640
1648
1683
2. Ren
1676
1692
1699
1641
3. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1674
1674
1619
1640
4. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1664
1660
1662
5. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1647
1616
1603
1626
6. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1624
1699
1689
1606
7. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1682
1629
1606
1605
8. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1692
1662
1645
1620
9. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1633
1648
1672
1682
10. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1680
1623
1632
11. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1606
1669
1648
1664
12. Polish-Ottoman War.
1664
1672
1696
1688
13. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1624
1690
1692
14. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1640
1655
1620
1618
15. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1645
1603
1618
16. The fortresses of Veszpr
1601
1695
1605
1636
17. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1607
1625
1642
1652
18. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1700
1667
1630
1636
19. 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.
1694
1640
1606
1688
20. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1640
1699
1676
1700
21. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1606
1669
1700
1626
22. Mehmed K
1661
1662
1618
1627
23. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1622
1627
1665
1618
24. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1663
1694
1630
1667
25. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1695
1606
1680
26. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1648
1639
1622
27. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1676
1660
1606
28. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1607
1697
1616
1613
29. The Siege of Derry.
1601
1688
1637
1642
30. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1605
1672
1692
1688
31. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1663
1688
1640
1618
32. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1665
1699
1610
1603
33. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1683
1603
1651
1663
34. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1644
1619
1636
35. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1624
1687
1629
1613
36. The Great Plague of London.
1682
1665
1652
1608
37. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1676
1683
1644
38. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1661
1692
1639
1658
39. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1651
1607
1664
1699
40. Aurochs go extinct.
1654
1674
1669
1627
41. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1622
1700
1630
42. 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.
1648
1661
1620
1627
43. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1611
1689
1672
44. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1607
1688
1693
45. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1640
1620
1606
1663
46. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1629
1666
1644
1606
47. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1616
1660
1613
1607
48. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1700
1601
1640
1683
49. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1606
1652
1619
1608
50. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1663
1682
1689
1664