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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






2. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






3. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






4. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






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6. Famine in France kills 2 million.






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8. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.






9. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






10. The fortresses of Veszpr






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12. The Irish Rebellion.






13. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






14. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






15. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






16. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






17. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.






18. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






19. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.






20. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






21. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






22. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






23. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






24. The Russian famine of 1601






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.






26. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






27. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






28. The Deluge wars leave Polish






29. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






30. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.






31. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






32. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






33. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






34. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






35. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.






36. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






37. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






38. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






39. The Great Plague of London.






40. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






41. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.






42. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






43. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






44. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






45. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.






46. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






47. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






48. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






49. Aurochs go extinct.






50. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.