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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






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






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






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5. The Siege of Derry.






6. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






7. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






8. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






9. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






10. Naval Battle of the Downs






11. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






12. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






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14. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






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






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






17. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






18. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






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






20. The Bank of England is established.






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






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






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






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26. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






27. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.






28. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






29. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






30. The Russian famine of 1601






31. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






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






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






34. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






35. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






36. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






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






38. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






39. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






40. 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.






41. The Great Plague of Seville.






42. Mount Vesuvius erupts






43. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






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






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






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47. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






48. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






49. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






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







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