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17th Century Timeline
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1. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1668
1695
1699
2. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1689
1663
1603
1663
3. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1689
1620
1607
1644
4. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1694
1689
1661
1696
5. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1649
1620
1644
1667
6. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1663
1700
1613
7. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1632
1647
1603
1685
8. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1647
1620
1663
1637
9. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1605
1696
1654
1662
10. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1689
1674
1606
1627
11. Franco-Dutch War.
1661
1672
1700
1619
12. The Bank of England is established.
1616
1613
1694
1621
13. Mehmed K
1624
1664
1687
1654
14. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1606
1645
1689
1680
15. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1685
1696
1629
1618
16. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1618
1639
1648
17. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1641
1632
1637
1618
18. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1648
1613
1668
1660
19. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1687
1700
1665
1696
20. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1664
1624
1699
1618
21. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1674
1651
1623
1672
22. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1649
1620
1668
1683
23. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1629
1641
1632
1631
24. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1645
1682
1665
1607
25. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1688
1622
1629
1669
26. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1640
1676
1695
1663
27. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1609
1642
1694
1676
28. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1601
1692
1631
1601
29. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1606
1633
1683
1664
30. Polish
1611
1661
1688
1613
31. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1651
1655
1616
32. The Russian famine of 1601
1640
1601
1699
1616
33. 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.
1601
1689
1642
1682
34. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1680
1626
1681
1699
35. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1667
1616
1689
1700
36. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1613
1672
1629
1616
37. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1682
1620
1676
1652
38. 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
1625
1689
1692
1683
39. Mary II of England dies
1700
1694
1667
1683
40. 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.
1606
1640
1665
1676
41. Polish
1652
1640
1613
1665
42. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1668
1636
1688
1648
43. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1700
1663
1625
1606
44. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1603
1696
1688
45. The Defenestration of Prague
1696
1630
1618
1639
46. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1668
1652
1700
1672
47. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1644
1697
1622
1689
48. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1640
1648
1654
1661
49. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1619
1662
1689
1667
50. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1667
1644
1641
1664