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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Ottomans capture Crete.






2. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






3. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






4. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






5. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






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






7. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.






8. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






9. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






10. The Ottomans capture Crete.






11. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






12. Ren






13. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






14. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






15. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






16. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






17. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






18. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






19. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






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






21. 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.






22. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).






23. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






24. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






25. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






26. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






27. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






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






29. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






30. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






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






33. Battle of N






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






35. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.






36. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






37. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






38. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






39. The Great Plague of Seville.






40. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






41. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






42. Mary II of England dies






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






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






45. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






46. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






47. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






48. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.






49. Aurochs go extinct.






50. Ren