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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1693
1611
1660
1667
2. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1616
1632
1667
1700
3. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1641
1654
1623
1655
4. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1697
1699
1640
1681
5. Ren
1620
1631
1688
1641
6. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1607
1654
1692
1608
7. Battle of N
1634
1644
1689
1613
8. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1685
1676
1647
1620
9. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1654
1605
1683
1692
10. The fortresses of Veszpr
1681
1605
1682
1648
11. Mehmed K
1670
1663
1689
1661
12. The Irish Rebellion.
1620
1640
1603
1641
13. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1655
1676
1606
1603
14. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1660
1663
1606
1700
15. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1662
1688
1672
1694
16. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1692
1694
1602
1618
17. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1609
1640
1655
1634
18. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1681
1692
1647
1676
19. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1665
1606
1672
1639
20. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1670
1622
1672
1639
21. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1645
1651
1664
22. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1688
1603
1629
1616
23. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1660
1655
1682
1620
24. The Russian famine of 1601
1669
1603
1601
1645
25. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1606
1648
1652
1620
26. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1678
1636
1601
1630
27. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1645
1649
1663
1689
28. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1689
1633
1692
1648
29. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1601
1605
1665
1640
30. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1648
1639
1667
1682
31. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1610
1627
1630
1683
32. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1648
1689
1676
1633
33. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1618
1674
1640
1664
34. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1636
1634
1618
1683
35. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1683
1644
1626
1641
36. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1667
1652
1696
1625
37. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1639
1673
1624
38. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1694
1672
1607
1639
39. The Great Plague of London.
1663
1627
1665
1674
40. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1632
1649
1665
1695
41. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1640
1693
1608
42. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1618
1700
1626
1626
43. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1674
1660
1647
1616
44. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1636
1682
1683
1616
45. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1664
1620
1699
1619
46. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1629
1603
1692
1640
47. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1609
1636
1624
1644
48. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1623
1620
1625
1623
49. Aurochs go extinct.
1618
1685
1627
1700
50. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1639
1648
1603
1669