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17th Century Timeline
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1. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1667
1636
1683
1662
2. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1616
1620
1658
3. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1618
1678
1605
1630
4. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1626
1687
1624
5. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1690
1680
1602
1699
6. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1670
1652
1634
7. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1674
1700
1695
1648
8. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1611
1658
1665
9. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1616
1637
1696
1636
10. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1689
1681
1644
1620
11. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1640
1689
1672
1688
12. Fronde civil war in France.
1665
1648
1683
1639
13. Mehmed K
1611
1627
1661
1694
14. 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.
1610
1664
1648
1631
15. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1616
1602
1622
1655
16. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1680
1639
1664
1663
17. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1620
1624
1618
18. Battle of L
1639
1632
1664
1648
19. Torture is outlawed in England.
1654
1665
1640
1607
20. Polish
1613
1601
1641
1676
21. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1694
1693
1661
1618
22. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1688
1672
1626
1636
23. Battle of L
1632
1688
1619
1609
24. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1700
1624
1630
1619
25. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1645
1629
1622
1690
26. Naval Battle of the Downs
1636
1639
1667
1664
27. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1626
1632
1607
1605
28. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1700
1644
1672
1663
29. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1608
1648
1689
1689
30. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1621
1658
1689
1699
31. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1606
1660
1621
1609
32. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1665
1664
1680
1610
33. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1655
1666
1689
1611
34. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1630
1676
1682
1641
35. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1668
1648
1601
1616
36. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1605
1699
1616
1689
37. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1639
1618
1603
38. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1645
1644
1624
1694
39. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1663
1608
1662
1688
40. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1641
1692
1644
41. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1610
1620
1652
1673
42. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1660
1676
1678
1676
43. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1603
1613
1622
1680
44. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1616
1697
1665
1689
45. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1692
1620
1674
1682
46. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1664
1695
1700
1688
47. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1689
1619
1616
1693
48. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1606
1621
1605
1634
49. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1689
1674
1618
1640
50. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1640
1688
1688