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17th Century Timeline

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1. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






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






3. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






4. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






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






6. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.






7. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






8. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






9. Battle of N






10. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






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






12. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






13. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.






14. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.






15. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.






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






17. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






18. Mary II of England dies






19. The Siege of Derry.






20. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.






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






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






23. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.






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






25. Mary II of England dies






26. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.






27. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.






28. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






29. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.






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






31. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.






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






33. Battle of N






34. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.






35. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.






36. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618






37. Polish-Ottoman War.






38. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.






39. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.






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






41. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






42. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.






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






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






45. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.






46. The Bank of England is established.






47. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






48. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






49. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






50. Captain Willem Janszoon and his crew aboard the Dutch EastIndia Company ship Duyfken becomes the first recorded Europeans to sight and make landfall in Australia.