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17th Century Timeline

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1. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






2. Polish






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






4. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






5. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






6. Polish-Ottoman War.






7. Fronde civil war in France.






8. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






9. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






10. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






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






12. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






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






14. Mount Vesuvius erupts






15. Famine in France kills 2 million.






16. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).






17. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






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






19. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






20. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






21. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






22. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






23. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






24. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.






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






26. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






27. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






28. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar






29. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






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.






31. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






32. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






33. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






34. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






35. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






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






37. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






38. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






39. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






40. 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






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






42. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






43. The fortresses of Veszpr






44. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






45. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






46. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






47. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






48. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






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






50. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.