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17th Century Timeline
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1. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1662
1601
1633
1688
2. Polish
1603
1629
1606
1613
3. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1606
1625
1662
1641
4. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1622
1700
1652
1674
5. Naval Battle of the Downs
1651
1620
1605
1639
6. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1689
1647
1665
1644
7. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1613
1683
1644
1688
8. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1634
1603
1688
1667
9. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1647
1619
1658
1670
10. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1648
1618
1605
1694
11. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1652
1624
1648
1689
12. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1683
1665
1654
1682
13. 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.
1674
1632
1641
1648
14. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1688
1633
1647
1689
15. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1627
1611
1601
16. Mehmed K
1665
1661
1634
1676
17. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1606
1606
1630
1693
18. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1622
1642
1613
1644
19. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1601
1637
1690
1621
20. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1610
1661
1651
1626
21. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1645
1633
1661
22. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1606
1700
1689
1620
23. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1606
1625
1672
1670
24. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1606
1645
1601
25. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1669
1682
1634
1636
26. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1692
1669
1670
1623
27. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1610
1664
1620
1620
28. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1648
1636
1664
1663
29. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1697
1644
1606
30. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1668
1633
1648
1693
31. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1688
1644
1603
32. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1609
1693
1644
1678
33. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1616
1688
1665
1683
34. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1639
1672
1694
1642
35. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1683
1697
1644
1682
36. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1605
1616
1637
37. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1642
1682
1644
1660
38. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1636
1661
1692
1667
39. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1680
1665
1667
1672
40. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1642
1603
1610
1626
41. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1688
1611
1676
1689
42. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1601
1636
1648
43. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1645
1676
1700
1682
44. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1641
1645
1610
45. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1607
1618
1644
1665
46. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1648
1651
1700
1647
47. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1672
1618
1616
48. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1658
1616
1606
1688
49. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1667
1697
1666
50. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1676
1621
1640
1641