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17th Century Timeline

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1. Fronde civil war in France.






2. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






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






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






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






6. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






7. The Siege of Derry.






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






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






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






11. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.






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






13. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






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






15. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






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






17. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






18. The Defenestration of Prague






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






20. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






21. The Great Plague of Seville.






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






23. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.






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






25. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






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






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






28. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






29. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.






30. The Irish Rebellion.






31. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






32. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






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






34. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






35. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






37. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






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






39. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






40. The Great Plague of Seville.






41. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






42. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






43. Polish-Ottoman War.






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






45. Franco-Dutch War.






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






47. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






48. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






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






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