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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1700
1700
1644
1618
2. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1629
1630
1688
1640
3. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1647
1627
1699
1683
4. Fronde civil war in France.
1627
1672
1624
1648
5. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1682
1624
1620
6. The fortresses of Veszpr
1645
1605
1665
1639
7. Battle of N
1608
1620
1634
1648
8. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1620
1618
1689
1626
9. The Great Fire of London.
1618
1689
1676
1666
10. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1700
1689
1688
1663
11. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1633
1606
1645
1620
12. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1689
1647
1681
1676
13. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1633
1609
1682
1644
14. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1609
1689
1630
1682
15. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1645
1601
1610
16. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1627
1601
1697
1644
17. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1689
1662
1620
1649
18. 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.
1639
1642
1687
1692
19. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1602
1642
1607
1623
20. 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.
1672
1634
1606
1668
21. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1627
1609
1685
22. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1660
1683
1654
23. The Irish Rebellion.
1631
1641
1687
1601
24. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1678
1661
1683
1688
25. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1700
1697
1694
26. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1631
1606
1692
27. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1648
1610
1664
28. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1676
1672
1644
29. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1622
1645
1682
1647
30. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1682
1640
1620
1689
31. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1632
1690
1616
1700
32. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1665
1648
1609
1620
33. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1683
1674
1606
1676
34. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1662
1695
1682
1689
35. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1634
1613
1680
36. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1680
1611
1642
1601
37. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1661
1687
1606
1603
38. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1652
1672
1665
1688
39. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1647
1670
1683
1688
40. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1667
1618
1630
1674
41. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1696
1608
1648
1672
42. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1692
1606
1674
1670
43. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1674
1688
1692
44. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1661
1648
1664
1693
45. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1610
1685
1640
1606
46. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1618
1672
1662
1601
47. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1608
1603
1665
1639
48. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1672
1606
1651
1601
49. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1688
1687
1672
50. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1663
1667
1660