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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






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






3. The Great Plague of Seville.






4. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






5. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






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






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






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






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






10. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






11. Polish






12. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






14. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.






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






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






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






18. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






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






20. 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.






21. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.






22. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






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






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






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






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






27. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






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






29. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.






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. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






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






33. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






34. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).






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






36. 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.






37. Battle of N






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






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






41. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






42. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s






43. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






44. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






45. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






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






47. The fortresses of Veszpr






48. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






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






50. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.