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17th Century Timeline
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1. 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
1690
1660
1700
1601
2. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1670
1700
1667
1682
3. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1639
1606
1694
4. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1700
1688
1662
1609
5. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1636
1652
1637
1603
6. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1613
1689
1644
7. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1680
1688
1606
1601
8. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1693
1613
1668
9. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1683
1644
1689
1680
10. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1637
1652
1680
1688
11. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1663
1641
1690
1688
12. Mehmed K
1682
1654
1682
1631
13. The Great Fire of London.
1664
1666
1682
1668
14. The Irish Rebellion.
1625
1641
1672
1665
15. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1621
1618
1636
1672
16. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1636
1620
1683
1664
17. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1631
1639
1636
1629
18. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1613
1689
1689
1692
19. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1606
1639
1637
1666
20. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1627
1601
1662
1629
21. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1690
1667
1645
1661
22. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1699
1667
1693
23. Fronde civil war in France.
1631
1681
1648
1618
24. Mehmed K
1682
1674
1603
1654
25. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1641
1700
1624
1682
26. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1641
1642
1601
1609
27. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1689
1688
1622
1674
28. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1663
1680
1655
1662
29. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1700
1620
1648
1601
30. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1610
1674
1676
1688
31. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1694
1664
1669
32. The Bank of England is established.
1689
1694
1682
1606
33. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1672
1609
1672
1699
34. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1603
1667
1699
1629
35. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1610
1689
1640
1651
36. 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
1689
1672
1609
1626
37. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1613
1620
1700
1624
38. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1666
1652
1664
1601
39. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1610
1629
1627
1616
40. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1606
1654
1648
1678
41. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1639
1642
1695
42. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1688
1627
1678
1673
43. Ren
1641
1613
1665
1648
44. The Great Fire of London.
1667
1666
1688
1618
45. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1678
1609
1641
46. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1605
1606
1676
1669
47. Franco-Dutch War.
1616
1663
1672
1606
48. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1648
1672
1625
49. The Siege of Derry.
1688
1693
1623
1648
50. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1688
1685
1667
1648