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17th Century Timeline

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






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






3. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






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






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






6. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






7. Polish-Ottoman War.






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






9. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






10. The Great Fire of London.






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






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






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






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15. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






16. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






17. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






18. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






19. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






20. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






21. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






22. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






23. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






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






25. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.






26. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






27. 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.






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






29. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






30. 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.






31. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






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






33. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






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






35. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






37. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






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






39. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






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






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






42. The Russian famine of 1601






43. The Irish Rebellion.






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






45. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.






46. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






47. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






49. The Ottomans capture Crete.






50. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.