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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1667
1621
1664
1696
2. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1603
1662
1689
1658
3. Battle of N
1634
1661
1689
1682
4. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1669
1683
1647
1605
5. Battle of L
1689
1632
1624
1602
6. Torture is outlawed in England.
1700
1610
1640
1609
7. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1697
1607
1610
1682
8. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1694
1696
1662
1601
9. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1672
1610
1608
1618
10. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1688
1601
1603
1662
11. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1670
1682
1618
1692
12. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1670
1611
1664
1602
13. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1601
1636
1662
1607
14. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1676
1665
1644
1648
15. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1605
1620
1688
1634
16. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1663
1694
1667
1669
17. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1622
1636
1682
1694
18. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1654
1641
1683
19. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1630
1665
1647
1648
20. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1606
1680
1639
1618
21. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1640
1687
1607
1621
22. Ren
1641
1688
1648
1620
23. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1618
1606
1640
1683
24. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1621
1645
1694
25. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1605
1632
1674
1651
26. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1611
1639
1645
1641
27. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1605
1603
1639
1678
28. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1695
1639
1649
1692
29. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1632
1606
1608
1620
30. The Bank of England is established.
1694
1621
1682
1644
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.
1627
1607
1694
1672
32. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1644
1621
1688
1607
33. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1700
1608
1688
1648
34. Naval Battle of the Downs
1663
1667
1639
1666
35. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1642
1672
1661
1663
36. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1611
1610
1619
1676
37. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1639
1611
1624
38. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1672
1682
1640
39. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1682
1652
1620
1603
40. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1633
1632
1641
1613
41. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1692
1642
1689
1633
42. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1700
1645
1642
43. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1673
1601
1616
1620
44. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1616
1645
1651
1683
45. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1601
1655
1606
1665
46. Fronde civil war in France.
1639
1647
1688
1648
47. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1633
1609
1672
1603
48. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1688
1682
1633
1629
49. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1603
1618
1695
1640
50. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1605
1642
1632
1609
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