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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1662
1689
1670
1700
2. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1667
1647
1640
1652
3. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1640
1622
1663
1621
4. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1627
1661
1636
1667
5. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1619
1652
1697
1674
6. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1606
1669
1692
1642
7. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1607
1648
1610
1622
8. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1624
1605
1689
1674
9. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1648
1688
1639
1700
10. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1689
1672
1676
11. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1609
1673
1689
1609
12. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1601
1689
1648
1694
13. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1603
1689
1610
1687
14. The Russian famine of 1601
1611
1652
1601
1644
15. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1603
1672
1665
1688
16. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1674
1623
1682
1696
17. The Bank of England is established.
1662
1605
1694
1602
18. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1681
1683
1639
1624
19. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1648
1661
1632
1618
20. Mehmed K
1692
1661
1693
1672
21. The Defenestration of Prague
1616
1655
1618
1683
22. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1688
1633
1678
1700
23. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1651
1658
1640
1641
24. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1634
1639
1623
1637
25. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1602
1644
1640
26. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1619
1618
1607
1601
27. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1639
1674
1631
1634
28. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1621
1636
1667
1601
29. The Russian famine of 1601
1610
1608
1632
1601
30. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1642
1662
1624
31. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1629
1688
1644
1620
32. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1618
1634
1620
33. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1700
1629
1632
1601
34. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1700
1664
1648
1652
35. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1694
1644
1662
1616
36. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1665
1667
1683
1687
37. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1658
1620
1699
38. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1634
1697
1700
1654
39. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1689
1676
1644
1696
40. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1690
1618
1683
1668
41. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1651
1622
1663
1692
42. Fronde civil war in France.
1618
1648
1605
1683
43. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1616
1620
1605
1607
44. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1639
1644
1676
1669
45. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1648
1620
1644
1689
46. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1699
1637
1606
1660
47. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1611
1674
1689
1688
48. The Defenestration of Prague
1670
1618
1648
1632
49. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1641
1697
1644
1664
50. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1655
1683
1624
1601