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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1629
1610
1607
1689
2. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1641
1618
1610
1640
3. Naval Battle of the Downs
1692
1639
1689
1627
4. Polish
1694
1613
1611
1663
5. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1606
1642
1609
1674
6. Aurochs go extinct.
1687
1678
1627
1682
7. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1639
1616
1632
1683
8. The fortresses of Veszpr
1605
1667
1607
1645
9. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1665
1664
1658
1622
10. Battle of N
1609
1634
1699
1621
11. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1607
1606
1601
12. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1670
1699
1639
1667
13. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1645
1611
1602
14. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1692
1623
1639
1700
15. The Defenestration of Prague
1696
1700
1618
1636
16. The Great Fire of London.
1620
1626
1666
1697
17. Polish
1683
1610
1695
1613
18. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1667
1605
1700
1689
19. Franco-Dutch War.
1652
1661
1640
1672
20. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1606
1661
1620
1665
21. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1648
1651
1601
1690
22. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1667
1688
1648
1688
23. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1642
1661
1672
1640
24. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1658
1632
1663
1694
25. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1642
1601
1661
1640
26. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1644
1616
1641
1621
27. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1621
1662
1688
1692
28. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1689
1672
1667
29. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1621
1606
1700
1610
30. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1647
1688
1662
1661
31. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1674
1669
1660
1668
32. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1697
1665
1606
33. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1620
1667
1681
1682
34. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1685
1665
1633
1683
35. 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
1689
1601
1606
1673
36. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1651
1664
1688
1648
37. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1611
1664
1620
1662
38. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1644
1626
1648
1627
39. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1683
1620
1640
40. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1688
1603
1631
1618
41. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1696
1618
1625
1693
42. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1634
1670
1693
43. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1667
1699
1637
1672
44. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1644
1664
1609
1682
45. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1608
1641
1622
1700
46. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1688
1674
1640
1619
47. Aurochs go extinct.
1627
1624
1620
1665
48. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1662
1644
1665
1664
49. Mary II of England dies
1688
1694
1640
1672
50. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1603
1622
1627