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17th Century Timeline
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1. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1610
1606
1616
1669
2. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1627
1644
1669
3. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1685
1642
1636
1700
4. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1610
1622
1654
1647
5. The Irish Rebellion.
1664
1636
1641
1610
6. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1676
1672
1700
7. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1632
1613
1640
8. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1689
1609
1667
1695
9. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1644
1630
1626
1616
10. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1624
1607
1688
1690
11. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1681
1652
1683
1676
12. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1613
1609
1616
1700
13. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1603
1639
1648
1652
14. Mary II of England dies
1694
1645
1606
1606
15. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1665
1629
1627
1602
16. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1618
1606
1672
1601
17. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1642
1672
1688
1601
18. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1644
1606
1610
1661
19. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1665
1661
1603
1620
20. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1667
1680
1639
1616
21. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1661
1641
1629
1616
22. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1642
1673
1624
1609
23. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1629
1687
1661
1620
24. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1602
1689
1687
1699
25. Ren
1697
1616
1664
1641
26. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1639
1640
1668
1624
27. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1665
1641
1609
1664
28. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1700
1692
1630
1674
29. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1682
1692
1662
1647
30. The Bank of England is established.
1685
1607
1694
1618
31. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1624
1687
1630
1606
32. 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.'
1673
1640
1603
1672
33. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1623
1682
1688
1637
34. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1639
1676
1688
1680
35. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1613
1688
1640
1626
36. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1611
1689
1689
37. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1663
1621
1648
1620
38. The Siege of Derry.
1683
1670
1688
1647
39. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1608
1655
1605
40. Polish
1661
1683
1613
1605
41. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1606
1688
1681
42. The Irish Rebellion.
1663
1609
1606
1641
43. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1672
1697
1692
1661
44. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1625
1683
1630
1676
45. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1608
1658
1601
1644
46. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1663
1672
1648
1620
47. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1616
1606
1645
48. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1700
1665
1688
1603
49. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1660
1689
1665
1618
50. Franco-Dutch War.
1629
1654
1672
1676