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17th Century Timeline
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1. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1667
1603
1632
1667
2. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1699
1603
1621
3. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1641
1642
1655
1602
4. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1616
1642
1682
1692
5. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1672
1610
1672
6. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1602
1636
1674
1633
7. 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.
1644
1674
1665
1642
8. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1620
1665
1634
1700
9. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1680
1667
1620
1652
10. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1623
1609
1678
11. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1601
1641
1607
1644
12. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1662
1608
1603
13. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1618
1685
1688
1639
14. Torture is outlawed in England.
1649
1647
1692
1640
15. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1606
1689
1616
1682
16. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1622
1689
1682
1661
17. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1689
1681
1648
1602
18. Mehmed K
1674
1601
1624
1654
19. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1641
1651
1676
1645
20. The Great Fire of London.
1667
1632
1666
1665
21. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1624
1645
1618
1682
22. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1697
1618
1660
1607
23. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1649
1627
1636
1640
24. Polish-Ottoman War.
1623
1672
1689
1693
25. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1652
1652
1654
1667
26. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1663
1664
1688
1607
27. Fronde civil war in France.
1668
1618
1648
1610
28. Mary II of England dies
1620
1694
1687
1618
29. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1699
1601
1631
1680
30. Mehmed K
1620
1606
1647
1661
31. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1641
1699
1682
1700
32. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1685
1620
1674
1672
33. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1641
1611
1663
1601
34. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1692
1688
1663
1689
35. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1692
1669
1639
1606
36. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1619
1640
1689
1661
37. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1644
1664
1622
1618
38. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1689
1621
1699
1689
39. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1636
1678
1624
1699
40. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1633
1602
1694
1652
41. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1648
1664
1622
1688
42. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1689
1640
1618
43. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1648
1641
1636
1618
44. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1630
1670
1676
1624
45. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1647
1644
1664
1699
46. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1676
1666
1662
1634
47. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1629
1609
1633
1647
48. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1634
1668
1609
1660
49. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1651
1641
1640
1688
50. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1658
1692
1605
1678