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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1616
1665
1610
1618
2. Mehmed K
1619
1689
1681
1661
3. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1609
1601
1647
1692
4. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1685
1688
1609
1672
5. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1607
1676
1629
1644
6. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1688
1610
1694
1601
7. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1629
1620
1682
1606
8. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1699
1601
1645
9. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1623
1664
1621
1606
10. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1690
1629
1692
1660
11. 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.
1624
1641
1642
1700
12. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1641
1689
1683
1667
13. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1620
1672
1605
1678
14. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1627
1613
1658
1660
15. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1664
1685
1618
1669
16. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1672
1665
1655
1683
17. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1682
1674
1688
1624
18. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1633
1665
1700
1676
19. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1665
1661
1667
1627
20. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1616
1699
1610
1647
21. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1640
1601
1649
1624
22. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1652
1660
1662
1606
23. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1606
1629
1648
24. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1689
1676
1683
1645
25. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1683
1682
1683
26. The Irish Rebellion.
1690
1641
1694
1606
27. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1655
1629
1682
1672
28. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1607
1625
1664
1697
29. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1688
1689
1648
1624
30. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1622
1601
1631
1610
31. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1648
1699
1672
1609
32. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1664
1624
1682
1692
33. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1620
1673
1688
34. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1683
1606
1692
1632
35. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1660
1640
1607
36. 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.
1645
1648
1660
1700
37. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1610
1640
1672
38. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1688
1689
1636
1624
39. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1606
1676
1621
1666
40. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1648
1700
1694
1661
41. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1607
1648
1674
1672
42. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1610
1636
1629
1644
43. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1640
1672
1672
1620
44. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1640
1667
1624
1692
45. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1664
1676
1639
1652
46. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1672
1603
1622
1641
47. Battle of L
1618
1695
1632
1670
48. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1681
1608
1639
1644
49. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1618
1689
1606
1672
50. Mehmed K
1613
1606
1683
1654