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17th Century Timeline
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1. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1618
1647
1663
1689
2. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1697
1692
1629
1632
3. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1613
1620
1648
4. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1634
1676
1661
1662
5. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1616
1620
1629
1625
6. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1627
1631
1602
7. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1642
1692
1627
8. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1697
1601
1606
1603
9. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1631
1689
1613
1629
10. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1689
1688
1609
1667
11. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1669
1662
1655
1674
12. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1634
1616
1682
1664
13. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1601
1641
1664
1636
14. The Great Plague of Seville.
1605
1619
1647
1607
15. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1640
1668
1610
1694
16. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1649
1608
1606
17. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1620
1624
1692
1689
18. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1658
1661
1642
19. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1694
1649
1680
1620
20. The Defenestration of Prague
1620
1605
1697
1618
21. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1632
1647
1658
1699
22. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1619
1672
1672
1699
23. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1690
1673
1662
1670
24. The fortresses of Veszpr
1625
1603
1680
1605
25. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1663
1601
1688
1644
26. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1676
1632
1651
27. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1642
1603
1662
28. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1603
1674
1678
1689
29. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1634
1655
1639
1673
30. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1603
1618
1606
1678
31. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1601
1674
1678
1639
32. Ren
1641
1690
1689
1699
33. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1624
1676
1700
34. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1610
1627
1618
1693
35. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1688
1658
1641
1606
36. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1672
1665
1693
1651
37. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1660
1689
1664
1601
38. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1644
1664
1606
1699
39. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1651
1676
1601
40. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1627
1636
1644
1663
41. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1672
1665
1636
1613
42. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1672
1689
1689
1647
43. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1622
1652
1688
1682
44. The fortresses of Veszpr
1690
1688
1632
1605
45. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1636
1680
1699
1674
46. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1603
1670
1683
1641
47. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1644
1689
1639
1637
48. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1682
1689
1624
1619
49. Polish
1616
1622
1613
1687
50. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1682
1603
1620
1685