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17th Century Timeline
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1. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1641
1694
1692
2. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1601
1665
1620
3. Ren
1645
1641
1620
1626
4. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1606
1634
1663
5. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1606
1611
1648
1667
6. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1623
1613
1689
1672
7. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1601
1642
1688
1605
8. The Great Plague of London.
1696
1670
1683
1665
9. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1603
1633
1636
1666
10. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1692
1618
1685
1667
11. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1674
1610
1616
1688
12. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1632
1634
1661
1688
13. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1700
1637
1601
1692
14. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1636
1666
1694
1662
15. 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.
1683
1682
1606
1620
16. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1655
1631
1695
1641
17. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1689
1683
1611
1605
18. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1620
1676
1644
1682
19. Mehmed K
1652
1613
1661
1640
20. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1681
1672
1637
21. The Siege of Derry.
1648
1616
1606
1688
22. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1629
1689
1663
1641
23. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1618
1700
1692
1685
24. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1664
1666
1611
25. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1648
1618
1699
1618
26. The Defenestration of Prague
1616
1603
1678
1618
27. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1674
1674
1688
28. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1620
1667
1634
1610
29. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1633
1681
1639
1682
30. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1613
1634
1663
31. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1690
1621
1618
1665
32. 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.
1648
1683
1655
1682
33. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1682
1676
1660
1618
34. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1694
1680
1660
35. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1623
1627
1641
1606
36. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1634
1639
1621
37. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1603
1644
1664
38. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1688
1668
1640
1655
39. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1665
1667
1603
40. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1672
1664
1652
1629
41. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1627
1665
1642
1608
42. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1632
1620
1699
1651
43. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1622
1667
1629
1688
44. The Defenestration of Prague
1667
1613
1683
1618
45. Torture is outlawed in England.
1692
1620
1640
1613
46. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1692
1634
1693
47. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1674
1688
1693
1662
48. The Irish Rebellion.
1654
1641
1699
1690
49. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1606
1609
1680
1639
50. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1672
1624
1605