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17th Century Timeline
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1. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1619
1616
1651
1605
2. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1652
1688
1664
3. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1616
1607
1688
1620
4. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1606
1689
1626
1618
5. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1689
1613
1663
1648
6. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1640
1623
1688
1678
7. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1603
1668
1700
8. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1639
1682
1624
1655
9. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1700
1696
1655
10. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1676
1688
1640
1639
11. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1662
1640
1700
1640
12. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1634
1700
1620
1613
13. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1664
1620
1606
1693
14. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1609
1648
1664
1663
15. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1687
1622
1700
1613
16. Battle of N
1634
1618
1616
1665
17. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1644
1647
1634
1647
18. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1616
1648
1645
1618
19. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1625
1652
1632
1687
20. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1620
1631
1625
21. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1654
1607
1627
1678
22. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1618
1605
1601
1667
23. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1629
1606
1663
1649
24. Polish
1648
1613
1641
1637
25. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1607
1688
1622
1603
26. Naval Battle of the Downs
1639
1608
1672
1645
27. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1606
1654
1621
1689
28. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1623
1644
1648
1603
29. Polish
1602
1652
1622
1613
30. The Russian famine of 1601
1601
1663
1631
1664
31. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1648
1665
1689
1694
32. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1627
1682
1664
1616
33. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1639
1649
1660
1649
34. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1689
1603
1651
35. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1605
1644
1651
1688
36. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1632
1689
1648
37. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1620
1665
1619
1609
38. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1694
1682
1624
1610
39. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1618
1622
1683
1633
40. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1625
1670
1700
1662
41. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1637
1606
1642
1606
42. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1689
1696
1632
1683
43. The Defenestration of Prague
1618
1667
1629
1641
44. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1680
1682
1627
1661
45. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1665
1644
1633
1681
46. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1692
1689
1680
1608
47. Mary II of England dies
1700
1694
1606
1652
48. The Siege of Derry.
1605
1688
1605
1606
49. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1662
1695
1660
1652
50. Fronde civil war in France.
1616
1648
1603
1651