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17th Century Timeline
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1. 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
1670
1655
1642
2. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1688
1618
1620
1609
3. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1632
1667
1622
1641
4. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1645
1663
1630
1648
5. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1629
1700
1699
1618
6. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1606
1642
1667
7. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1688
1611
1661
1623
8. 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
1652
1639
1673
9. The Great Plague of Seville.
1644
1647
1613
1663
10. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1639
1626
1663
1652
11. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1634
1608
1645
1700
12. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1629
1683
1637
13. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1602
1683
1634
1668
14. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1603
1674
1633
1693
15. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1607
1689
1660
1670
16. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1647
1618
1622
1627
17. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1700
1603
1687
1639
18. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1621
1678
1644
1696
19. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1601
1616
1641
1622
20. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1648
1693
1689
1639
21. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1694
1662
1644
1609
22. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1640
1672
1632
1681
23. The fortresses of Veszpr
1699
1606
1605
1660
24. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1620
1683
1652
25. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1689
1610
1688
1647
26. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1696
1633
1644
1624
27. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1640
1613
1620
28. Fronde civil war in France.
1688
1601
1648
1669
29. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1683
1658
1672
1688
30. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1647
1607
1616
1652
31. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1682
1662
1651
1689
32. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1654
1670
1618
1699
33. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1611
1689
1676
1601
34. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1619
1672
1688
35. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1700
1632
1605
1631
36. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1620
1682
1687
1700
37. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1665
1697
1688
1682
38. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1644
1647
1669
1665
39. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1663
1648
1618
1632
40. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1626
1633
1641
41. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1631
1678
1606
42. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1602
1632
1683
1610
43. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1631
1648
1688
44. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1636
1613
1629
1640
45. Battle of L
1651
1630
1632
1605
46. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1601
1661
1603
1641
47. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1632
1605
1683
1634
48. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1603
1620
1621
1613
49. Aurochs go extinct.
1607
1640
1606
1627
50. Lithuanian Civil War
1621
1622
1700
1606