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17th Century Timeline

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1. Mount Vesuvius erupts






2. 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






3. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.






4. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






5. Famine in France kills 2 million.






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






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






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






9. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






10. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






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






12. Naval Battle of the Downs






13. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






14. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).






15. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






16. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






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






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






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






20. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






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






22. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






23. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






24. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






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






26. The Deluge wars leave Polish






27. The Great Plague of London.






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






29. The Irish Rebellion.






30. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






31. The Great Fire of London.






32. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






33. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






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






35. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






36. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).






37. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






38. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






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






40. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






41. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






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






43. Mehmed K






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






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






46. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






47. Battle of L






48. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






49. Polish






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