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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1608
1690
1630
1644
2. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1664
1603
1606
1678
3. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1641
1606
1697
4. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1611
1683
1606
1613
5. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1651
1695
1689
1616
6. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1624
1687
1668
7. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1616
1693
1606
1682
8. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1678
1618
1603
1622
9. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1616
1667
1634
1636
10. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1639
1616
1633
11. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1637
1616
1644
12. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1685
1619
1667
1634
13. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1669
1648
1667
1625
14. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1690
1622
1674
1624
15. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1634
1637
1665
1636
16. Battle of N
1649
1634
1621
1695
17. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1676
1625
1634
1692
18. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1700
1613
1676
19. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1642
1660
1633
1618
20. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1689
1641
1683
21. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1692
1644
1661
22. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1606
1688
1689
1639
23. Naval Battle of the Downs
1662
1639
1637
1616
24. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1699
1685
1695
1603
25. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1610
1682
1683
1688
26. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1601
1689
1692
1639
27. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1637
1634
1601
28. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1664
1609
1673
1688
29. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1620
1695
1648
1664
30. The Siege of Derry.
1688
1629
1663
1647
31. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1625
1609
1622
1660
32. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1601
1688
1652
1672
33. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1623
1610
1648
1695
34. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1666
1690
1680
1661
35. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1648
1640
1606
1688
36. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1689
1663
1695
37. Lithuanian Civil War
1700
1683
1667
1689
38. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1606
1606
1662
1627
39. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1606
1655
1682
1682
40. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1665
1682
1664
1665
41. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1620
1632
1645
1613
42. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1601
1632
1665
1688
43. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1606
1676
1687
1652
44. Michael the Brave (first unificator of Romania) - voivode of Wallachia - Moldavia and Transylvania - is assassinated by the order of the Habsburg general Giorgio Basta at C
1601
1688
1649
1625
45. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1629
1700
1627
1661
46. The fortresses of Veszpr
1700
1629
1652
1605
47. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1664
1648
1666
1676
48. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1655
1648
1641
1683
49. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1662
1639
1700
1699
50. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.
1627
1692
1620
1668