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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.
1601
1603
1688
1629
2. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1665
1683
1639
1606
3. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1663
1655
1664
4. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1689
1606
1622
1688
5. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1603
1690
1618
1669
6. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1629
1687
1700
1632
7. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1663
1652
1609
1603
8. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1644
1633
1642
1694
9. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1608
1641
1664
10. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1683
1669
1687
1642
11. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1690
1645
1641
1618
12. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1632
1648
1696
1641
13. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1619
1652
1681
1672
14. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1663
1641
1610
1700
15. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1616
1689
1620
1642
16. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1695
1663
1661
17. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1637
1647
1672
18. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1639
1672
1665
1700
19. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1700
1696
1665
1664
20. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1672
1668
1644
1603
21. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1606
1621
1676
22. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1636
1624
1610
1660
23. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1632
1618
1613
1627
24. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1667
1689
1618
1644
25. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1636
1647
1688
26. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1676
1620
1700
1667
27. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1622
1674
1644
1645
28. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1672
1613
1622
1662
29. 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.
1648
1620
1688
1669
30. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1603
1672
1632
1660
31. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1669
1683
1647
1682
32. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1665
1687
1603
1667
33. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1662
1603
1621
1629
34. Polish-Ottoman War.
1683
1678
1633
1672
35. The Great Fire of London.
1700
1660
1663
1666
36. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1683
1685
1683
1699
37. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1665
1621
1678
1606
38. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1676
1661
1632
1682
39. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1641
1667
1606
1607
40. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1689
1666
1690
1692
41. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1695
1642
1678
1636
42. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1633
1700
1700
1644
43. Polish
1613
1609
1639
1668
44. The Siege of Derry.
1647
1681
1699
1688
45. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1637
1606
1682
1624
46. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1663
1693
1665
1688
47. Mary II of England dies
1620
1605
1694
1623
48. Battle of N
1634
1672
1692
1676
49. Torture is outlawed in England.
1613
1640
1651
1603
50. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1689
1672
1664
1667
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