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17th Century Timeline
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1. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1637
1626
1648
1669
2. Fronde civil war in France.
1672
1648
1667
1672
3. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1688
1682
1665
1658
4. The Irish Rebellion.
1618
1613
1601
1641
5. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1629
1676
1639
6. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1639
1621
1682
1607
7. The Great Plague of Seville.
1663
1641
1647
1633
8. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1688
1623
1606
1699
9. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1622
1632
1644
10. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1672
1674
1692
1603
11. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1603
1636
1601
1634
12. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1633
1605
1660
13. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1648
1668
1625
14. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1642
1648
1673
15. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1652
1699
1662
1648
16. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1645
1655
1645
17. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1631
1700
1605
18. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1642
1688
1622
1642
19. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1637
1693
1674
1633
20. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1683
1667
1683
1689
21. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1625
1667
1639
1689
22. The Great Fire of London.
1666
1616
1644
1606
23. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1688
1654
1648
24. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1613
1683
1616
25. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1683
1676
1696
1672
26. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1627
1688
1618
1647
27. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1693
1603
1607
28. Polish-Ottoman War.
1606
1661
1672
1647
29. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1609
1605
1637
30. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1665
1618
1603
1682
31. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1699
1661
1667
32. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1629
1610
1623
1665
33. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1631
1672
1667
1611
34. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1644
1695
1601
1682
35. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1658
1603
1688
1624
36. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1609
1649
1622
1689
37. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1674
1618
1690
1682
38. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1683
1676
1636
1616
39. Polish
1613
1620
1622
1697
40. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1624
1667
1637
1685
41. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1670
1661
1624
1676
42. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1631
1634
1620
1640
43. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1636
1688
1692
1697
44. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1647
1631
1622
45. The Irish Rebellion.
1608
1641
1618
1682
46. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1633
1610
1606
1641
47. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1639
1644
1682
48. Battle of N
1648
1634
1640
1673
49. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1640
1616
1696
1621
50. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1605
1694
1641
1664
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