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17th Century Timeline

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1. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






2. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






3. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






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






5. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






6. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






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






8. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






9. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






10. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






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






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13. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






14. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






15. The Deluge wars leave Polish






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






17. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






18. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






19. The Great Fire of London.






20. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






21. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






22. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






23. Fronde civil war in France.






24. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






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26. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






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






28. The Great Plague of London.






29. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






30. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






31. Aurochs go extinct.






32. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






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






35. Polish-Ottoman War.






36. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






37. The Irish Rebellion.






38. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






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






40. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.






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42. The fortresses of Veszpr






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44. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






45. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






46. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






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






48. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






49. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






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