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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1661
1616
1610
1663
2. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1641
1700
1652
3. The Great Plague of Seville.
1620
1672
1647
1618
4. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1688
1658
1664
1606
5. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1672
1627
1670
1676
6. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1633
1683
1641
7. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1651
1640
1631
8. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1676
1613
1624
1672
9. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1680
1690
1682
1672
10. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1689
1632
1607
1667
11. Polish
1613
1689
1640
1606
12. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1689
1681
1608
13. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1689
1603
1689
1668
14. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1676
1618
1696
1624
15. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1627
1624
1678
1606
16. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1664
1620
1606
1636
17. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1697
1688
1661
1681
18. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1660
1626
1689
19. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1639
1618
1640
1613
20. 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.
1648
1672
1623
1645
21. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1665
1645
1644
1667
22. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1700
1632
1690
1674
23. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1660
1695
1665
1605
24. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1644
1694
1602
1640
25. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1669
1683
1644
1660
26. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1624
1685
1602
1613
27. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1700
1642
1601
1640
28. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1682
1672
1616
1622
29. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1676
1629
1644
1693
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.
1642
1632
1645
1644
31. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1603
1632
1695
1640
32. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1689
1682
1625
1613
33. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1700
1682
1632
34. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1624
1674
1608
1627
35. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1660
1689
1629
1670
36. 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.
1645
1610
1673
1642
37. Battle of N
1672
1652
1634
1605
38. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1620
1648
1616
1699
39. Ren
1689
1651
1641
1688
40. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1605
1616
1660
1618
41. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1667
1606
1626
42. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1637
1639
1674
1689
43. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1687
1687
1641
1642
44. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1601
1616
1644
45. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1692
1661
1682
1609
46. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1603
1700
1693
1700
47. The fortresses of Veszpr
1664
1625
1605
1618
48. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1639
1620
1629
1664
49. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1688
1637
1626
1602
50. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1676
1645
1658
1663