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17th Century Timeline

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1. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






2. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






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






4. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.






5. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






6. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






7. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






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






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






10. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






11. The Russian famine of 1601






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






13. 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.






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






15. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






16. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






17. The Irish Rebellion.






18. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.






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






20. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






21. Fronde civil war in France.






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






23. Polish-Ottoman War.






24. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






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






26. Torture is outlawed in England.






27. Fronde civil war in France.






28. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






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






30. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






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






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






33. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






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






36. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






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






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






39. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






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41. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






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43. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






44. Polish-Ottoman War.






45. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






46. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






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






48. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






49. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






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