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17th Century Timeline
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1. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1682
1642
1687
1641
2. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1661
1606
1625
3. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1694
1619
1634
1636
4. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1694
1690
1605
5. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1682
1662
1603
1626
6. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1606
1637
1629
1662
7. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1694
1682
1667
1633
8. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1647
1672
1608
1641
9. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1633
1694
1699
1610
10. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1642
1606
1603
1670
11. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1689
1681
1640
1616
12. Ren
1700
1667
1641
1667
13. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1655
1672
1690
1613
14. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1688
1627
1676
1644
15. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1651
1687
1644
1648
16. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1660
1641
1687
1690
17. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1645
1601
1606
18. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1642
1652
1610
1606
19. The Great Fire of London.
1687
1672
1666
1664
20. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1642
1661
1699
1625
21. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1637
1665
1672
1607
22. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1645
1689
1616
1689
23. Fronde civil war in France.
1648
1618
1654
1661
24. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1676
1663
1618
1672
25. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1608
1681
1639
1687
26. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1639
1687
1634
27. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1683
1625
1661
1620
28. The Great Plague of London.
1630
1665
1616
1692
29. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1618
1642
1668
1620
30. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1661
1658
1641
31. Aurochs go extinct.
1622
1627
1641
1644
32. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1625
1601
1667
33. Mehmed K
1606
1654
1622
1672
34. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1687
1639
1606
1665
35. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1667
1689
1624
36. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1624
1682
1651
1623
37. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1688
1683
1634
38. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1624
1662
1652
39. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1639
1681
1699
1644
40. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1668
1700
1683
41. Battle of L
1644
1632
1622
1678
42. The fortresses of Veszpr
1678
1641
1605
1645
43. Mehmed K
1661
1662
1605
1680
44. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1664
1634
1609
1601
45. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1660
1603
1697
1606
46. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1661
1652
1663
1662
47. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1694
1699
1662
1687
48. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1605
1694
1678
1689
49. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1610
1682
1644
1618
50. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1648
1607
1606