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17th Century Timeline
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1. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.
1682
1661
1619
1606
2. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1620
1652
1608
1642
3. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1636
1660
1700
1689
4. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1618
1676
1620
1663
5. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1688
1606
1609
1634
6. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1690
1627
1608
1606
7. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1616
1700
1616
8. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1661
1622
1644
1644
9. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1696
1607
1618
1652
10. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1655
1689
1672
1620
11. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1664
1689
1640
1606
12. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1629
1690
1632
1603
13. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1632
1601
1689
1700
14. Battle of N
1634
1672
1640
1611
15. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1601
1606
1667
1674
16. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1633
1676
1620
1639
17. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1689
1683
1682
1668
18. Franco-Dutch War.
1607
1620
1672
1661
19. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1683
1624
1665
1620
20. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1609
1654
1689
1622
21. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1661
1606
1625
1603
22. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1634
1637
1624
1651
23. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1678
1622
1655
1674
24. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1680
1682
1689
1681
25. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1678
1699
1616
1639
26. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1606
1661
1652
1601
27. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1611
1682
1616
1660
28. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1633
1648
1699
1648
29. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1665
1663
1676
1616
30. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1674
1601
1620
1683
31. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1682
1601
1610
1637
32. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1633
1665
1620
33. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1662
1660
1624
1687
34. Battle of L
1618
1616
1632
1667
35. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1606
1618
1692
1680
36. Mehmed K
1640
1661
1674
1627
37. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1668
1620
1606
1667
38. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1644
1676
1601
1682
39. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1689
1688
1606
40. Mary II of England dies
1645
1694
1639
1690
41. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1603
1648
1700
1609
42. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1689
1662
1620
1606
43. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1654
1642
1603
1601
44. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1683
1663
1699
1613
45. Mehmed K
1613
1654
1639
1631
46. 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.
1690
1648
1668
1639
47. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1688
1633
1693
1672
48. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.
1639
1621
1636
1689
49. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1640
1660
1627
1665
50. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1608
1695
1664
1652