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17th Century Timeline
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1. Battle of N
1694
1685
1683
1634
2. Polish-Ottoman War.
1647
1620
1672
1700
3. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1641
1620
1682
1645
4. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1624
1636
1682
1690
5. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1625
1682
1648
1618
6. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1688
1689
1672
1700
7. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1622
1682
1633
8. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1688
1649
1672
1700
9. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1642
1680
1640
10. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1640
1603
1652
1672
11. Polish-Ottoman War.
1678
1639
1672
1688
12. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1621
1652
1610
1626
13. 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
1616
1648
1639
14. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1693
1629
1607
1642
15. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1652
1609
1683
1665
16. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1700
1689
1618
1682
17. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1660
1683
1611
1664
18. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1694
1665
1618
1632
19. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1700
1682
1681
1640
20. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1667
1629
1689
21. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1690
1640
1633
1665
22. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1694
1632
1631
23. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1631
1667
1601
24. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1680
1607
1611
1662
25. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1606
1685
1618
1683
26. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1632
1692
1693
1682
27. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1634
1695
1648
1687
28. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1689
1661
1658
1682
29. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1603
1692
1668
1670
30. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1648
1607
1655
1630
31. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1660
1636
1682
1685
32. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1692
1605
1680
1682
33. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1649
1683
1624
34. Mehmed K
1670
1630
1697
1654
35. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1695
1688
1683
36. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1629
1667
1683
1609
37. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1660
1663
1672
1622
38. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1618
1682
1664
1667
39. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1624
1700
1690
1645
40. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1667
1689
1664
1678
41. The Siege of Derry.
1636
1672
1689
1688
42. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1665
1629
1634
1661
43. The Great Plague of Seville.
1664
1610
1647
1672
44. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1648
1682
1685
45. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1658
1647
1603
1601
46. Aurochs go extinct.
1688
1627
1623
1633
47. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1619
1689
1602
1667
48. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1665
1688
1603
1605
49. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1629
1634
1620
50. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1663
1647
1683
1692