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17th Century Timeline

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






2. Fronde civil war in France.






3. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






4. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.






5. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.






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






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






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






9. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






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






11. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






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






13. The fortresses of Veszpr






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






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






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17. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.






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






19. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.






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






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






22. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






23. Battle of L






24. The Irish Rebellion.






25. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.






26. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.






27. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu






28. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






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






30. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.






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






32. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






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






34. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.






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36. Beginning of English Civil War - conflict will end in 1651 with the execution of King Charles I - abolishment of the monarchy and the establishment of the supremacy of Parliament over the king.






37. Mount Vesuvius erupts






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






39. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.






40. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






41. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar






42. 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.






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44. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.






45. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






46. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.






47. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.






48. Lithuanian Civil War






49. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






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