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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Irish Rebellion.
1689
1696
1641
1683
2. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1637
1672
1682
1667
3. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1660
1603
1629
1613
4. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1601
1680
1663
1689
5. The Bank of England is established.
1620
1694
1667
1632
6. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1606
1641
1645
1699
7. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1620
1663
1695
1667
8. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1652
1610
1619
1700
9. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1665
1685
1664
1667
10. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1685
1658
1616
1682
11. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1644
1633
1632
1694
12. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1640
1674
1689
1620
13. Mary II of England dies
1664
1700
1663
1694
14. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1688
1690
1637
15. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1682
1694
1695
1606
16. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1610
1621
1624
1700
17. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1627
1649
1676
18. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1700
1672
1636
1606
19. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1606
1652
1665
1667
20. Ren
1688
1689
1620
1641
21. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1633
1676
1625
1611
22. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1692
1618
1640
1682
23. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1613
1689
1637
1682
24. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1668
1606
1678
1621
25. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1699
1648
1606
1682
26. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1631
1651
1672
1648
27. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1647
1606
1673
1682
28. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1664
1622
1618
1685
29. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1641
1648
1667
30. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1616
1665
1681
1626
31. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1676
1603
1616
32. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1610
1630
1664
33. The Bank of England is established.
1630
1607
1694
1699
34. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1609
1648
1663
1688
35. Lithuanian Civil War
1605
1700
1669
1640
36. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1613
1642
1644
1616
37. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1642
1616
1607
1605
38. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1644
1682
1692
1606
39. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1688
1606
1660
40. The fortresses of Veszpr
1683
1618
1605
1693
41. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1625
1664
1624
1620
42. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1681
1647
1634
1663
43. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1601
1618
1625
1626
44. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1640
1674
1607
1678
45. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1634
1663
1645
1639
46. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1661
1620
1697
1662
47. 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.
1641
1694
1665
1648
48. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1682
1608
1627
1618
49. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1688
1618
1639
1608
50. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1625
1636
1620
1610