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17th Century Timeline
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1. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1665
1651
1688
1619
2. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1637
1689
1688
1660
3. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1654
1639
1664
1658
4. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1651
1634
1611
1620
5. The Bank of England is established.
1606
1611
1694
1607
6. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1620
1658
1696
1621
7. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1667
1606
1661
1663
8. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1603
1665
1632
1645
9. The Bank of England is established.
1606
1694
1688
1639
10. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1667
1689
1626
1634
11. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1634
1674
1633
1645
12. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1682
1688
1694
1616
13. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1634
1601
1627
1621
14. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1620
1695
1700
1606
15. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1652
1648
1655
1700
16. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1668
1660
1630
1603
17. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1621
1674
1606
1672
18. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1672
1637
1601
1609
19. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1637
1661
1665
1667
20. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1689
1667
1642
1616
21. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1689
1601
1687
1672
22. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1639
1602
1667
1700
23. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1689
1665
1618
24. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1688
1639
1624
1676
25. 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.
1663
1652
1682
1606
26. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1640
1700
1700
27. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1662
1633
1687
1674
28. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1682
1618
1641
29. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1672
1663
1632
1633
30. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1667
1645
1648
1676
31. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1639
1640
1616
1644
32. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1681
1610
1640
1681
33. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1630
1644
1618
1622
34. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1660
1601
1607
1610
35. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1642
1672
1676
1647
36. Naval Battle of the Downs
1647
1667
1639
1606
37. The Russian famine of 1601
1669
1623
1652
1601
38. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1601
1688
1676
1699
39. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1661
1618
1680
1682
40. Battle of L
1632
1634
1647
1649
41. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1676
1639
1637
1695
42. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1637
1647
1602
1688
43. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1608
1665
1610
1670
44. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1630
1673
1669
1601
45. The fortresses of Veszpr
1611
1641
1605
1688
46. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1690
1682
1641
47. The Great Plague of London.
1665
1667
1632
1620
48. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1613
1633
1609
1689
49. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1658
1613
1611
1688
50. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1652
1618
1627
1603