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17th Century Timeline
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1. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1644
1669
1640
1688
2. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1655
1609
1689
3. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1605
1608
1689
4. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1606
1667
1616
1673
5. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1668
1683
1688
1672
6. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1663
1606
1678
1647
7. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1637
1665
1640
8. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1683
1601
1685
1627
9. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1654
1652
1667
1631
10. The Great Fire of London.
1665
1666
1621
1645
11. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1668
1629
1682
1681
12. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1620
1622
1662
13. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1633
1641
1606
1683
14. Mehmed K
1661
1606
1603
1647
15. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1603
1601
1649
1648
16. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1680
1620
1689
1663
17. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1639
1647
1688
1688
18. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1699
1616
1647
1674
19. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1602
1662
1661
1689
20. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1674
1616
1690
21. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1669
1606
1605
1608
22. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1661
1674
1689
23. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1658
1690
1640
1672
24. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1636
1633
1607
25. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1630
1629
1688
1644
26. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1676
1616
1683
27. 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.
1672
1648
1682
1642
28. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1676
1660
1648
1648
29. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1689
1666
1694
30. 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.
1634
1649
1642
1606
31. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1660
1620
1664
1622
32. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1611
1696
1634
1624
33. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1621
1618
1694
34. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1688
1622
1618
1696
35. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1601
1663
1605
1667
36. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1673
1660
1606
1640
37. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1637
1688
1606
1696
38. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1642
1672
1639
1664
39. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1687
1618
1631
1636
40. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1645
1676
1633
1609
41. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1688
1682
1633
42. The Russian famine of 1601
1641
1601
1616
1640
43. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1639
1690
1639
44. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1607
1672
1652
1688
45. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1632
1621
1664
1674
46. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1640
1689
1697
1606
47. The fortresses of Veszpr
1682
1644
1605
1667
48. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1622
1602
1618
49. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1624
1669
1695
1606
50. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1605
1658
1621
1682