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17th Century Timeline

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






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






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






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






6. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






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






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






10. Famine in France kills 2 million.






11. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






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






13. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






14. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






15. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






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






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






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






19. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.






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






21. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






22. The Great Plague of London.






23. Mary II of England dies






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






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






26. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






27. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






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






29. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






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






40. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






41. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






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






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






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






45. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






46. The Defenestration of Prague






47. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.






48. The Irish Rebellion.






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