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17th Century Timeline
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1. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1664
1629
1632
1648
2. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1662
1674
1700
1642
3. 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.
1642
1674
1672
1627
4. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1662
1683
1622
1672
5. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1664
1616
1672
1606
6. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1688
1663
1672
1678
7. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1622
1637
1682
8. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1688
1640
1700
1678
9. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1648
1645
1685
10. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1606
1630
1601
1655
11. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1618
1665
1688
1605
12. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1639
1631
1672
1676
13. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1624
1682
1655
1613
14. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1661
1630
1632
1618
15. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1613
1630
1689
16. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1674
1668
1672
1689
17. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1611
1609
1685
18. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1652
1664
1667
19. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1618
1682
1645
20. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1683
1627
1663
1688
21. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1641
1664
1665
1634
22. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1623
1607
1688
1695
23. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1682
1605
1688
1629
24. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1616
1624
1668
1605
25. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1651
1634
1674
1700
26. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1640
1631
1620
1672
27. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1655
1683
1674
1663
28. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1648
1633
1682
1695
29. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1640
1636
1620
1663
30. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1676
1623
1624
31. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1672
1694
1672
32. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1683
1648
1618
33. The Great Plague of Seville.
1664
1696
1647
1632
34. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1620
1632
1642
1683
35. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1601
1645
1640
1603
36. 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.
1609
1620
1642
1633
37. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1616
1641
1616
38. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1648
1669
1663
1672
39. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1609
1649
1647
1663
40. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1620
1647
1624
1640
41. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1618
1680
1689
1648
42. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1683
1627
1641
1699
43. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1620
1605
1616
1663
44. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1645
1609
1689
45. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1624
1694
1672
46. Mehmed K
1620
1682
1661
1652
47. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1609
1644
1602
1697
48. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1667
1618
1645
1616
49. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1667
1682
1663
50. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1651
1690
1605
1642