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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1665
1689
1616
1667
2. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1669
1644
1690
1700
3. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1630
1663
1672
1649
4. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1644
1618
1681
1641
5. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1606
1609
1681
1683
6. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1618
1606
1636
1683
7. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1680
1664
1688
1662
8. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1664
1641
1682
9. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1665
1608
1630
1624
10. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1682
1687
1613
1674
11. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1632
1662
1618
1689
12. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1694
1623
1672
1699
13. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1627
1608
1700
1616
14. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1618
1674
1664
1651
15. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1626
1663
1682
1621
16. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1625
1689
1688
1616
17. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1693
1654
1636
1672
18. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1658
1651
1689
1693
19. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1669
1616
1605
20. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1654
1644
1636
1692
21. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1676
1682
1602
1633
22. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1672
1689
1664
1700
23. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1667
1637
1606
1661
24. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1644
1664
1630
25. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1676
1648
1605
1688
26. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1606
1639
1676
1610
27. The Great Fire of London.
1666
1672
1665
1606
28. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1630
1639
1667
1640
29. The Russian famine of 1601
1663
1601
1627
1667
30. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1688
1664
1642
1605
31. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1666
1610
1673
1670
32. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1672
1639
1688
33. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1662
1682
1665
1644
34. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1633
1700
1629
1620
35. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1639
1645
1636
1616
36. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1645
1618
1688
1648
37. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1668
1647
1621
1613
38. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1660
1648
1658
39. Mary II of England dies
1648
1618
1692
1694
40. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1629
1648
1610
41. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1665
1611
1608
1649
42. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1642
1672
1629
43. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1700
1618
1641
1682
44. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1631
1676
1606
1682
45. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1688
1689
1607
1631
46. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1636
1603
1640
1648
47. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1689
1616
1629
1700
48. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1662
1627
1639
1624
49. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1642
1601
1674
1662
50. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1620
1676
1683
1641