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17th Century Timeline
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1. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1681
1665
1697
1636
2. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1621
1608
1644
3. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1689
1663
1631
1636
4. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1700
1687
1621
1644
5. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1603
1689
1688
1632
6. The Irish Rebellion.
1611
1641
1619
1647
7. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1652
1668
1689
1647
8. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1639
1700
1668
1683
9. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1640
1639
1602
1641
10. Polish-Ottoman War.
1665
1601
1672
1616
11. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1647
1639
1694
1606
12. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1640
1606
1669
1664
13. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1655
1645
1689
1625
14. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1683
1631
1633
1639
15. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1610
1664
1676
1655
16. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1623
1690
1652
1676
17. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1640
1668
1644
1639
18. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1648
1696
1685
19. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1606
1688
1648
1648
20. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1674
1667
1692
1616
21. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1608
1665
1620
1676
22. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1685
1622
1662
1673
23. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1606
1672
1692
1662
24. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1678
1644
1664
1655
25. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1606
1624
1618
1645
26. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1611
1610
1699
1613
27. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1609
1609
1618
1641
28. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1620
1661
1647
1660
29. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1649
1621
1699
1682
30. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1627
1689
1682
1625
31. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1665
1664
1687
1667
32. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1606
1692
1607
1689
33. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1648
1682
1673
1636
34. Torture is outlawed in England.
1664
1606
1640
1613
35. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1603
1682
1665
36. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1652
1688
1605
1672
37. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1633
1652
1603
1664
38. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1610
1654
1664
39. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1620
1645
1644
40. Mary II of England dies
1648
1660
1694
1672
41. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1672
1674
1622
1644
42. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1624
1619
1642
1620
43. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1619
1603
1627
44. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1681
1622
1605
1664
45. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1620
1636
1663
46. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1601
1694
1644
47. 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.
1603
1636
1673
1606
48. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1668
1667
1618
1685
49. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1692
1654
1688
1689
50. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1640
1609
1603
1665