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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.






2. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.






3. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.






4. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






5. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






6. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






7. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






8. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






9. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.






10. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.






11. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.






12. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






13. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






14. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.






15. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






16. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.






17. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila






18. Torture is outlawed in England.






19. The Siege of Derry.






20. The Bank of England is established.






21. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






22. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






23. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






24. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






25. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






26. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






27. Mehmed K






28. Polish-Ottoman War.






29. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.






30. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






31. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.






32. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.






33. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






34. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






35. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






36. The fortresses of Veszpr






37. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.






38. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






39. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






40. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






41. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.






42. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






43. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).






44. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






45. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






46. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.






47. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.






48. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






49. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.






50. Bethlen Gabor is defeated outside Vienna.