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17th Century Timeline
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1. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1641
1683
1648
1693
2. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1613
1689
1658
1621
3. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1605
1683
1665
1633
4. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1610
1696
1682
1663
5. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1680
1640
1624
6. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1693
1674
1661
1669
7. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1700
1618
1694
1674
8. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1606
1683
1640
1662
9. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1670
1660
1624
1630
10. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1661
1667
1697
1636
11. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1641
1658
1645
12. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1622
1607
1688
1639
13. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1665
1700
1664
1664
14. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1692
1620
1606
1647
15. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1685
1652
1683
1645
16. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1658
1676
1689
1618
17. Polish
1613
1648
1665
1672
18. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1636
1663
1689
19. Torture is outlawed in England.
1661
1676
1632
1640
20. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1618
1648
1664
1636
21. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1632
1689
1658
1685
22. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1676
1652
1693
1630
23. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1601
1601
1644
1664
24. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1663
1613
1640
1661
25. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1667
1689
1639
1644
26. The Siege of Derry.
1688
1692
1661
1636
27. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1641
1637
1662
1687
28. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1625
1669
1661
1695
29. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1622
1663
1665
1693
30. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1666
1633
1682
31. Naval Battle of the Downs
1632
1639
1611
1620
32. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1689
1667
1670
1640
33. 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
1601
1616
1662
1620
34. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1678
1699
1642
35. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1610
1687
1627
1629
36. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1663
1692
1668
1610
37. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1667
1620
1697
1651
38. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1695
1611
1673
1610
39. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1665
1644
1624
1609
40. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1688
1664
1601
41. The Great Plague of Seville.
1648
1647
1631
1700
42. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1631
1629
1603
1687
43. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1642
1618
1644
1642
44. The Irish Rebellion.
1606
1641
1622
1689
45. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1645
1609
1682
1676
46. The fortresses of Veszpr
1634
1682
1605
1687
47. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1697
1605
1603
1644
48. Fronde civil war in France.
1648
1663
1641
1672
49. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1692
1622
1689
1688
50. Polish-Ottoman War.
1609
1683
1644
1672
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