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17th Century Timeline
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1. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1616
1629
1667
1676
2. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1640
1606
1609
1648
3. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1602
1619
1676
4. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1609
1630
1616
1640
5. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1605
1620
1674
1620
6. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1647
1689
1606
1625
7. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1682
1632
1700
1672
8. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1661
1647
1620
1636
9. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1663
1606
1601
1625
10. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1665
1637
1651
11. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1663
1682
1681
1620
12. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1663
1680
1618
1636
13. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1688
1665
1661
14. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1641
1683
1668
1676
15. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1668
1618
1641
16. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1639
1667
1699
1683
17. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1641
1688
1607
1665
18. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1605
1676
1606
1620
19. 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.
1648
1672
1616
1640
20. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1620
1669
1605
21. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1700
1620
1674
1697
22. Polish
1613
1658
1639
1648
23. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1689
1694
1699
24. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1667
1688
1605
1619
25. The Great Plague of London.
1693
1665
1669
1685
26. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1616
1622
1640
27. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1688
1631
1623
1688
28. Mehmed K
1663
1692
1654
1613
29. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1620
1700
1648
1667
30. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1606
1618
1627
1700
31. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1640
1689
1616
1641
32. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1665
1623
1660
1642
33. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1601
1648
1681
1700
34. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1606
1667
1655
1689
35. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1699
1673
1641
36. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1624
1665
1697
1645
37. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1606
1641
1619
1700
38. Polish-Ottoman War.
1601
1672
1607
1697
39. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1664
1636
1633
1695
40. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1607
1689
1672
41. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1670
1676
1618
1601
42. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1688
1610
1639
43. The Bank of England is established.
1625
1608
1694
1647
44. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1632
1664
1624
1648
45. 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.
1667
1611
1611
1642
46. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1694
1606
1603
1613
47. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1627
1664
1620
1660
48. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1680
1636
1610
1692
49. Mehmed K
1644
1644
1661
1696
50. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1687
1667
1609
1607
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