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17th Century Timeline

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1. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






2. The Great Fire of London.






3. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






4. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






5. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






6. Famine in France kills 2 million.






7. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






8. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






9. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.






10. The Great Plague of London.






11. The Russian famine of 1601






12. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.






13. The Russian famine of 1601






14. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






15. Mount Vesuvius erupts






16. The Ottomans capture Crete.






17. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






18. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






19. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.






20. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






21. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






22. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






23. Mehmed K






24. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






25. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






26. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






27. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






28. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






29. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






30. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.






31. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






32. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






33. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






34. The Irish Rebellion.






35. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






36. Battle of N






37. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






38. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






39. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






40. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.






41. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






42. Mount Vesuvius erupts






43. Mary II of England dies






44. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






45. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






46. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






47. Mehmed K






48. The Defenestration of Prague






49. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






50. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






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