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17th Century Timeline
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1. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1601
1610
1662
2. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1663
1676
1674
3. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1642
1618
1606
1607
4. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1689
1655
1665
5. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1693
1620
1670
1629
6. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1688
1627
1642
1647
7. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1676
1688
1692
1632
8. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1639
1630
1670
9. Franco-Dutch War.
1618
1694
1672
1649
10. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1606
1641
1623
11. The Great Plague of London.
1665
1700
1622
1652
12. 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
1689
1682
1606
1660
13. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1666
1658
1621
14. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1603
1683
1641
15. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1665
1663
1660
1667
16. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1676
1620
1699
1602
17. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1637
1613
1700
1689
18. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1672
1692
1695
19. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1618
1636
1613
1621
20. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1626
1626
1624
1645
21. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1662
1632
1688
1640
22. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1667
1672
1618
1689
23. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1639
1676
1654
1640
24. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1606
1700
1688
1608
25. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1665
1622
1601
26. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1661
1616
1699
27. 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.'
1689
1674
1673
1669
28. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1652
1692
1616
1602
29. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1620
1668
1676
1636
30. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1645
1625
1662
1606
31. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1607
1699
1688
1670
32. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1672
1674
1694
1688
33. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1640
1639
1648
1672
34. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1664
1682
1616
1640
35. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1670
1605
1669
36. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.
1606
1622
1676
1624
37. Fronde civil war in France.
1616
1660
1688
1648
38. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1641
1682
1644
1689
39. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1620
1665
1663
1606
40. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1664
1609
1664
1648
41. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1633
1606
1655
42. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1666
1607
1664
1700
43. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1640
1690
1665
1618
44. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1603
1644
1663
1668
45. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1636
1683
1655
1624
46. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1636
1606
1618
1700
47. The Siege of Derry.
1700
1667
1688
1682
48. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1689
1601
1616
1606
49. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1629
1689
1618
1687
50. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1648
1627
1624
1644