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17th Century Timeline
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1. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1601
1639
1688
1603
2. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1644
1688
1603
1662
3. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1672
1651
1629
1683
4. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1651
1674
1665
1606
5. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1622
1641
1687
1672
6. Battle of N
1672
1627
1682
1634
7. 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
1607
1696
1682
1689
8. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1616
1609
1606
1699
9. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1620
1688
1676
1689
10. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1674
1606
1695
1624
11. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1663
1672
1688
1676
12. Torture is outlawed in England.
1637
1640
1688
1606
13. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1689
1605
1636
1608
14. Mary II of England dies
1660
1627
1694
1630
15. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1622
1683
1687
16. Battle of L
1689
1665
1632
1602
17. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1633
1663
1647
1637
18. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1620
1699
1634
19. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1629
1683
1667
1658
20. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1665
1640
1637
1682
21. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1606
1609
1693
1692
22. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1674
1606
1667
1606
23. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1627
1624
1608
1700
24. The Great Fire of London.
1688
1632
1682
1666
25. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1641
1610
1618
1652
26. The Great Plague of London.
1670
1606
1665
1603
27. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1666
1660
1601
28. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1636
1625
1640
1634
29. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1633
1636
1649
1689
30. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1610
1648
1609
31. Franco-Dutch War.
1639
1672
1622
1660
32. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1605
1680
1674
1625
33. 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
1606
1621
1624
34. Battle of N
1687
1668
1634
1674
35. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1682
1683
1624
1689
36. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1622
1636
1663
1645
37. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1688
1665
1687
1697
38. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1689
1613
1624
1660
39. Ren
1641
1642
1625
1674
40. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1665
1672
1693
1661
41. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1648
1685
1670
1693
42. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1601
1667
1676
1639
43. The fortresses of Veszpr
1673
1674
1605
1658
44. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1660
1648
1622
1688
45. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1618
1664
1672
1662
46. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1668
1667
1644
1618
47. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1645
1627
1634
48. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1667
1655
1648
1624
49. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1695
1697
1611
1606
50. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1673
1632
1696