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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1695
1669
1670
2. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1648
1658
1664
1632
3. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1688
1663
1645
4. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1616
1676
1652
1633
5. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1607
1649
1647
1663
6. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1649
1648
1676
1639
7. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1641
1688
1665
8. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1607
1609
1616
1610
9. Battle of N
1644
1634
1699
1642
10. Ren
1624
1634
1607
1641
11. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1607
1620
1644
1640
12. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1623
1639
1639
13. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1634
1633
1618
1629
14. The Bank of England is established.
1673
1624
1694
1664
15. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1685
1700
1625
1622
16. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1601
1699
1631
1606
17. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1649
1682
1652
1633
18. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1688
1621
1652
19. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1658
1607
1692
1606
20. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1624
1601
1602
1680
21. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1699
1608
1690
1700
22. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1639
1640
1694
23. 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.
1648
1644
1668
1654
24. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1651
1672
1696
1700
25. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1631
1694
1683
1672
26. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1689
1664
1692
1649
27. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1662
1681
1648
1618
28. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1648
1649
1624
1609
29. Aurochs go extinct.
1641
1627
1616
1642
30. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1605
1629
1647
1606
31. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1672
1642
1636
1699
32. The Great Plague of London.
1667
1689
1665
1616
33. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1699
1640
1665
1648
34. The Bank of England is established.
1663
1694
1606
1622
35. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1690
1613
1682
36. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1603
1629
1655
1648
37. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1603
1640
1674
1603
38. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1667
1639
1661
39. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1605
1699
1685
1648
40. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1642
1661
1662
1687
41. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1694
1672
1609
42. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1694
1630
1651
1674
43. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1672
1672
1601
44. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1601
1642
1672
1603
45. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1608
1678
1666
1674
46. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1603
1642
1616
1627
47. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1689
1693
1627
1683
48. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1645
1664
1662
49. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1637
1607
1696
50. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1620
1660
1700
1674