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17th Century Timeline
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1. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1637
1661
1622
1618
2. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1620
1689
1688
1688
3. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1658
1700
1681
1692
4. Polish-Ottoman War.
1607
1660
1648
1672
5. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1624
1683
1636
1647
6. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1640
1605
1682
1644
7. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1672
1689
1652
1606
8. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1620
1629
1658
1672
9. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1676
1620
1641
1641
10. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1644
1633
1672
1689
11. Aurochs go extinct.
1616
1688
1627
1683
12. Franco-Dutch War.
1699
1672
1631
1644
13. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1662
1673
1649
1601
14. Mary II of England dies
1629
1672
1672
1694
15. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1695
1606
1672
1620
16. The Siege of Derry.
1647
1639
1688
1616
17. 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.
1700
1649
1642
1662
18. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1667
1613
1641
1685
19. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1670
1672
1700
1603
20. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1613
1665
1674
1688
21. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1603
1640
1618
1618
22. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1660
1648
1658
1700
23. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1619
1620
1682
24. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1683
1665
1606
1632
25. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1645
1606
1607
1678
26. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1618
1663
1665
27. Mary II of England dies
1605
1607
1694
1665
28. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1664
1631
1610
1642
29. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1644
1630
1633
1648
30. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1616
1700
1610
1668
31. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1636
1683
1688
1696
32. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1639
1664
1634
33. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1629
1655
1618
1616
34. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1636
1640
1625
35. Torture is outlawed in England.
1663
1700
1640
1632
36. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1624
1700
1634
1629
37. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1609
1681
1648
1611
38. Polish
1618
1692
1689
1613
39. Ren
1694
1607
1629
1641
40. Mehmed K
1610
1654
1672
1618
41. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1689
1601
1633
1618
42. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1699
1661
1692
1640
43. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1603
1689
1667
1680
44. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1681
1610
1683
1639
45. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.
1662
1630
1606
1601
46. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1627
1618
1683
1616
47. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1648
1603
1641
1697
48. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1674
1623
1610
1688
49. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1661
1682
1663
50. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1631
1663
1644
1680
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