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17th Century Timeline

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1. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






2. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






3. 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.






4. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.






16. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






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






18. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C






19. Mary II of England dies






20. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






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






22. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






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






24. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






25. The Great Plague of London.






26. Mount Vesuvius erupts






27. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






28. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






29. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






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






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






39. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






40. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






41. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






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






43. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.






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






45. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






46. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






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






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






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






50. Franco-Dutch War.