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17th Century Timeline

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1. Polish






2. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






3. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






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






5. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






11. Lithuanian Civil War






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






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






14. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






15. The Great Plague of Seville.






16. Mehmed K






17. Ren






18. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.






19. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






20. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.






21. Naval Battle of the Downs






22. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






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






24. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






25. Battle of N






26. Polish-Ottoman War.






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






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






29. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.






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






31. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






32. The Great Fire of London.






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






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






35. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






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






37. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






38. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






39. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






40. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






41. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






42. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






43. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






44. Mehmed K






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






46. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






47. Torture is outlawed in England.






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






49. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






50. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.