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17th Century Timeline
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1. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1687
1672
1620
1663
2. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1676
1669
1636
1634
3. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1669
1607
1678
1700
4. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1626
1664
1699
1610
5. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1606
1664
1618
1664
6. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1683
1613
1662
1632
7. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1640
1611
1700
8. Battle of L
1640
1665
1632
1682
9. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1619
1618
1641
10. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1661
1658
1605
1624
11. Polish
1648
1672
1613
1609
12. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1618
1663
1683
1632
13. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1662
1632
1601
14. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1695
1621
1607
1683
15. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1649
1689
1692
1682
16. 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
1689
1674
1661
1700
17. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1688
1622
1665
1674
18. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1610
1683
1641
19. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1625
1620
1613
1670
20. 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.
1668
1636
1672
1606
21. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1676
1620
1641
22. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1672
1624
1687
1682
23. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1631
1624
1688
1688
24. Mehmed K
1616
1682
1654
1672
25. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1626
1682
1689
1639
26. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1623
1660
1629
1682
27. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1626
1623
1618
28. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1629
1700
1634
1637
29. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1699
1648
1660
1636
30. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1682
1688
1641
31. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1602
1676
1619
1644
32. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1640
1616
1633
1700
33. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1672
1642
1694
1655
34. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1688
1687
1647
1636
35. Mary II of England dies
1694
1663
1606
1672
36. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1618
1663
1652
37. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1661
1661
1660
1618
38. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1602
1637
1609
1630
39. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1662
1689
1672
1610
40. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1619
1606
1649
1682
41. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1624
1605
1683
1682
42. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1636
1687
1603
43. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1674
1655
1609
1682
44. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1676
1660
1640
45. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1667
1689
1652
1682
46. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1644
1672
1641
1601
47. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1683
1601
1672
1670
48. Ren
1697
1648
1641
1601
49. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1693
1639
1647
1700
50. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1672
1603
1620