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17th Century Timeline
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1. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1670
1700
1685
1667
2. The Great Fire of London.
1618
1663
1689
1666
3. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1644
1607
1699
1692
4. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1610
1662
1664
5. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1616
1631
1641
1664
6. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1631
1665
1676
1672
7. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1625
1637
1667
1602
8. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1632
1683
1606
1639
9. The Great Plague of Seville.
1644
1632
1647
1669
10. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1689
1676
1664
1667
11. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1610
1688
1642
1648
12. Battle of L
1672
1695
1632
1687
13. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1689
1689
1606
1623
14. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1627
1672
1674
1661
15. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1644
1685
1664
1639
16. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1606
1625
1692
1676
17. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1658
1620
1660
1692
18. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1601
1672
1676
1621
19. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1641
1672
1648
1616
20. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1634
1640
1626
1669
21. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1637
1644
1639
22. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1692
1688
1620
1610
23. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1611
1688
1667
1606
24. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1631
1607
1620
1625
25. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1606
1637
1672
26. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1610
1688
1648
27. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1627
1629
1661
1620
28. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1699
1601
1605
1642
29. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1620
1605
1640
1658
30. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1688
1644
1682
1672
31. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1648
1682
1636
32. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1641
1672
1683
1682
33. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1648
1687
1633
34. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1620
1654
1665
1689
35. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1641
1639
1682
36. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1641
1695
1644
1700
37. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1610
1605
1682
1682
38. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1647
1608
1629
1676
39. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1673
1639
1608
1680
40. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1663
1609
1682
1629
41. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1683
1696
1672
42. 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
1676
1610
1645
1689
43. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1618
1606
1672
1700
44. The Irish Rebellion.
1660
1641
1699
1680
45. Polish
1688
1642
1608
1613
46. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1682
1661
1674
47. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1632
1665
1606
1663
48. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1661
1618
1630
1688
49. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1667
1688
1672
1688
50. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1629
1603
1688
1678
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