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17th Century Timeline
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1. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1688
1624
1644
1663
2. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1663
1680
1696
1651
3. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1629
1674
1688
1636
4. Battle of L
1610
1629
1639
1632
5. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1667
1660
1602
1616
6. Mary II of England dies
1640
1607
1603
1694
7. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1658
1605
1678
1682
8. Ren
1639
1641
1610
1649
9. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1616
1694
1676
1629
10. Naval Battle of the Downs
1667
1639
1640
1627
11. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1644
1613
1700
1689
12. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1603
1662
1692
1682
13. Franco-Dutch War.
1633
1672
1689
1610
14. Aurochs go extinct.
1648
1664
1616
1627
15. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1689
1688
1633
16. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1644
1648
1668
1651
17. Battle of L
1632
1692
1674
1625
18. Fronde civil war in France.
1629
1616
1688
1648
19. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1636
1693
1642
1620
20. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1668
1620
1700
1607
21. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1618
1670
1640
1601
22. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1683
1695
1606
23. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1601
1607
1672
1608
24. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1652
1663
1620
1658
25. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1649
1689
1616
1680
26. Polish
1669
1678
1685
1613
27. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1610
1689
1668
1661
28. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1613
1669
1606
1622
29. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1672
1673
1633
1645
30. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1642
1601
1641
1660
31. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1688
1700
1649
1663
32. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1618
1669
1626
1689
33. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1668
1613
1639
34. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1637
1641
1690
35. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1674
1645
1640
1665
36. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1694
1658
1605
1644
37. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1699
1663
1647
38. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1676
1602
1689
1622
39. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1627
1699
1641
1622
40. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1644
1616
1651
41. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1666
1607
1676
42. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1616
1695
1660
1651
43. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1649
1637
1602
44. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1636
1621
1620
1640
45. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1641
1683
1673
1637
46. The Bank of England is established.
1664
1642
1682
1694
47. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1682
1700
1603
1627
48. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1690
1618
1668
1641
49. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1683
1631
1688
1627
50. Battle of N
1633
1634
1618
1658