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17th Century Timeline

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






2. Battle of L






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






4. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






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






6. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






7. Ren






8. The Great Plague of London.






9. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






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






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






12. Polish-Ottoman War.






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






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






15. Fronde civil war in France.






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






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






18. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






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






20. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






21. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






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






23. Mary II of England dies






24. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






25. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






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






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






28. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






29. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






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






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






32. The Great Fire of London.






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






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






35. Torture is outlawed in England.






36. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






37. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






39. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






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






41. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.






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






43. 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






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






45. Franco-Dutch War.






46. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






47. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






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






49. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.






50. 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.