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17th Century Timeline
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1. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1601
1672
1642
1668
2. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1674
1682
1683
1613
3. The Russian famine of 1601
1664
1610
1672
1601
4. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1688
1696
1652
1606
5. The Great Plague of London.
1663
1647
1695
1665
6. 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
1647
1676
1682
1601
7. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1665
1641
1672
1660
8. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1665
1700
1690
1694
9. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1700
1631
1689
1603
10. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1681
1700
1647
11. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1636
1629
1641
1607
12. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1603
1672
1640
1634
13. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1618
1603
1693
1689
14. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1605
1641
1608
15. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1663
1681
1645
1616
16. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1667
1645
1687
1631
17. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1606
1603
1642
1608
18. Polish
1661
1613
1662
1672
19. The fortresses of Veszpr
1648
1605
1700
1667
20. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1700
1645
1639
1683
21. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1652
1672
1630
1641
22. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1661
1633
1639
1672
23. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1694
1689
1632
1664
24. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1620
1607
1667
1649
25. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1619
1665
1639
1668
26. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1688
1605
1683
1699
27. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1687
1606
1652
1606
28. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1636
1613
1642
1645
29. Naval Battle of the Downs
1626
1688
1668
1639
30. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1601
1622
1642
1662
31. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1634
1700
1621
32. Franco-Dutch War.
1620
1695
1641
1672
33. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1620
1609
1667
1640
34. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1616
1658
1688
1676
35. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1618
1672
1696
1680
36. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1688
1611
1664
1669
37. Ren
1641
1611
1672
1700
38. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1696
1661
1688
39. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1688
1700
1632
1620
40. Polish-Ottoman War.
1616
1652
1616
1672
41. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1647
1672
1645
1627
42. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1602
1618
1630
1651
43. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1665
1610
1700
1658
44. 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.
1603
1642
1661
1605
45. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1663
1645
1682
1669
46. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1663
1658
1607
1672
47. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1664
1676
1621
1629
48. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1624
1667
1682
1636
49. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1626
1616
1640
1624
50. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1696
1661
1658