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17th Century Timeline
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1. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1645
1627
1603
1689
2. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1624
1688
1647
1647
3. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1662
1625
1620
1676
4. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1627
1606
1620
5. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1673
1603
1669
6. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1672
1603
1676
1644
7. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1647
1682
1640
1688
8. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1601
1682
1620
1682
9. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1639
1602
1682
1623
10. Polish
1618
1613
1683
1639
11. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1626
1645
1622
1663
12. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1618
1689
1690
1687
13. 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.
1620
1605
1689
1642
14. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1660
1667
1688
1669
15. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1694
1603
1682
1695
16. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1680
1685
1678
1660
17. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1672
1672
1629
1665
18. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1682
1620
1618
1688
19. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1636
1672
1640
1676
20. Mehmed K
1625
1654
1620
1672
21. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1644
1682
1602
1607
22. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1661
1616
1637
1682
23. The Bank of England is established.
1613
1645
1664
1694
24. Torture is outlawed in England.
1618
1627
1607
1640
25. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1620
1676
1688
1700
26. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1618
1665
1662
27. Battle of L
1688
1632
1676
1637
28. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1605
1692
1601
1688
29. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1682
1609
1668
30. The Great Plague of London.
1606
1665
1669
1630
31. Franco-Dutch War.
1632
1645
1672
1652
32. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1667
1618
1665
1666
33. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1682
1641
1699
34. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1603
1636
1661
35. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1634
1603
1685
36. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1688
1641
1601
1682
37. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1689
1699
1692
1651
38. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1648
1688
1692
39. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1601
1648
1662
1696
40. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1669
1618
1605
41. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1620
1618
1611
42. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1660
1640
1639
1694
43. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1662
1649
1625
1672
44. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1641
1622
1683
1687
45. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1664
1694
1634
1632
46. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1601
1687
1647
1681
47. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1607
1699
1620
48. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1605
1633
1665
1636
49. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1669
1700
1618
1606
50. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1665
1639
1605
1700