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17th Century Timeline
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1. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1658
1664
1664
1610
2. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1683
1693
1663
1668
3. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1647
1627
1674
1689
4. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1665
1655
1606
5. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1636
1641
1662
6. The Great Plague of London.
1627
1665
1678
1642
7. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1645
1606
1688
1625
8. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1663
1664
1637
1661
9. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1620
1629
1601
1689
10. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1648
1678
1608
1689
11. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1685
1662
1623
12. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1682
1648
1609
1665
13. Polish-Ottoman War.
1620
1672
1658
1688
14. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1689
1648
1700
15. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1681
1607
1616
1602
16. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1688
1700
1606
1683
17. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1688
1678
1620
1651
18. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1618
1692
1610
1611
19. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1636
1665
1700
1640
20. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1613
1618
1665
21. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1672
1695
1664
1690
22. The Defenestration of Prague
1606
1645
1683
1618
23. Polish
1665
1613
1641
1661
24. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1641
1601
1687
1688
25. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1664
1688
1676
26. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1601
1664
1697
1689
27. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1690
1634
1700
1610
28. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1606
1672
1606
1634
29. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1700
1658
1627
1639
30. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1687
1649
1648
1694
31. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1662
1692
1622
1607
32. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1620
1665
1632
1618
33. The Irish Rebellion.
1694
1639
1636
1641
34. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1618
1699
1601
35. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1649
1624
1630
1644
36. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1644
1648
1670
1672
37. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1672
1689
1621
1601
38. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1607
1665
1626
1611
39. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1652
1690
1648
1665
40. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.
1616
1606
1619
1620
41. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1682
1610
1644
1661
42. Naval Battle of the Downs
1683
1664
1681
1639
43. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.
1642
1688
1631
1606
44. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1607
1603
1700
1605
45. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1672
1602
1682
1634
46. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1652
1689
1630
1672
47. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1626
1622
1625
1603
48. 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.
1620
1648
1641
1606
49. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1695
1645
1667
1662
50. Polish
1627
1637
1654
1613