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17th Century Timeline

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1. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






2. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






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4. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






5. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






6. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






7. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






8. The Great Plague of London.






9. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






10. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






11. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






12. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






13. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






14. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






15. 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.






16. Mount Vesuvius erupts






17. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






18. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






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20. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






21. The Siege of Derry.






22. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






23. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






24. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.






25. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






26. The Defenestration of Prague






27. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.






28. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






29. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






30. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






31. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.






32. 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.






33. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.






34. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






35. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






36. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






37. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th






38. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






39. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.






40. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






41. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).






42. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






43. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






44. The Defenestration of Prague






45. Torture is outlawed in England.






46. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.






47. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






48. The Irish Rebellion.






49. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






50. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.