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17th Century Timeline

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1. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






2. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






3. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






4. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






5. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






6. 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.






7. The fortresses of Veszpr






8. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






9. Lithuanian Civil War






10. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






11. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






12. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






13. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






14. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






15. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






16. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






17. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






18. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






19. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






20. Mehmed K






21. Famine in France kills 2 million.






22. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






23. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






24. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






25. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






26. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






27. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






28. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






29. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.






30. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






31. The Irish Rebellion.






32. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






33. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






34. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






35. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.






36. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






37. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






38. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






39. Franco-Dutch War.






40. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






41. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






42. Battle of L






43. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.






44. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






45. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






46. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






47. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






48. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






49. The Great Plague of London.






50. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.