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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1613
1620
1634
2. The Irish Rebellion.
1641
1648
1603
1662
3. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1609
1700
1616
1663
4. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1603
1676
1665
1641
5. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1688
1627
1692
1618
6. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.
1664
1647
1673
1683
7. The Defenestration of Prague
1663
1663
1626
1618
8. 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.'
1636
1689
1673
1605
9. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1618
1621
1616
1640
10. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1685
1606
1665
1700
11. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1626
1606
1700
1682
12. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1674
1666
1678
13. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1651
1665
1685
1676
14. Mary II of England dies
1663
1642
1606
1694
15. The Great Plague of Seville.
1697
1606
1647
1660
16. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1665
1663
1640
1616
17. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1622
1618
1609
1694
18. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1688
1660
1690
1637
19. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1667
1692
1629
1647
20. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1689
1631
1696
1629
21. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1682
1620
1636
1668
22. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1641
1629
1623
23. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1689
1605
1620
1688
24. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1697
1660
1661
25. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1660
1618
1639
1620
26. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1622
1668
1605
1601
27. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1663
1633
1648
1644
28. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1633
1622
1689
1699
29. Battle of L
1670
1632
1618
1676
30. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1648
1648
1660
1618
31. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1627
1683
1620
1663
32. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1641
1607
1676
1665
33. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1667
1692
1620
1647
34. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1664
1682
1648
35. Mary II of England dies
1694
1667
1640
1639
36. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1672
1640
1601
1606
37. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1616
1690
1692
38. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1607
1663
1605
39. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1688
1641
1637
1700
40. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1637
1683
1688
1682
41. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1644
1636
1603
1672
42. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1678
1665
1601
1670
43. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1661
1688
1636
1689
44. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1642
1692
1610
1647
45. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1665
1613
1625
1601
46. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1641
1693
1616
1645
47. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1697
1651
1689
1661
48. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1683
1630
1700
49. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1681
1648
1645
1662
50. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1689
1669
1665
1662