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17th Century Timeline

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






2. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






3. The Great Fire of London.






4. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






5. Franco-Dutch War.






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






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






8. The Siege of Derry.






9. The Russian famine of 1601






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






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






12. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






13. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






14. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






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






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17. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






18. 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.






19. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






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






21. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






22. The Bank of England is established.






23. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






25. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






26. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






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






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






29. The Great Plague of London.






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






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






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






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






34. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






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






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






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38. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.






39. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






40. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.






41. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).






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






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






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






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






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






47. Torture is outlawed in England.






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






49. Fronde civil war in France.






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