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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






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






3. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






4. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






5. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






6. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






7. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






8. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






9. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






10. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






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






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






13. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






14. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






15. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






16. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






17. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






18. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






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






20. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






21. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






22. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






23. Polish-Ottoman War.






24. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






25. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






26. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






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






28. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






29. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






30. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






31. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






32. The Siege of Derry.






33. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






34. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






35. The Great Fire of London.






36. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






37. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






38. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






39. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






40. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






41. The fortresses of Veszpr






42. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






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






44. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






45. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






46. The Deluge wars leave Polish






47. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






48. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






49. Mehmed K






50. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.