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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1674
1665
1683
1654
2. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1649
1652
1690
1664
3. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1676
1648
1620
1652
4. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1640
1606
1654
1613
5. Mehmed K
1661
1630
1663
1682
6. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1616
1626
1610
1674
7. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire
1700
1683
1692
1689
8. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1603
1676
1632
9. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1640
1618
1647
1639
10. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1672
1689
1616
1606
11. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1673
1699
1692
1685
12. Battle of N
1634
1699
1672
1649
13. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.
1606
1669
1676
1688
14. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1664
1678
1700
1700
15. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1616
1688
1618
1664
16. The Russian famine of 1601
1633
1667
1601
1639
17. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1630
1645
1609
1619
18. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1601
1624
1627
1609
19. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1665
1606
1616
1618
20. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1693
1641
1647
1692
21. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1647
1663
1690
1662
22. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1620
1690
1688
1625
23. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1672
1694
1665
1667
24. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1661
1665
1689
25. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1606
1658
1622
1674
26. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1606
1609
1665
1605
27. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1642
1676
1700
1618
28. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1664
1660
1682
1667
29. 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
1658
1688
1693
30. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1601
1606
1667
1642
31. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1681
1672
1640
1676
32. Naval Battle of the Downs
1665
1634
1639
1662
33. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1637
1674
1652
1682
34. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1654
1633
1676
1606
35. Mehmed K
1640
1654
1672
1644
36. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1689
1603
1623
1640
37. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1683
1681
1665
1676
38. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1667
1678
1672
1700
39. Mehmed K
1689
1689
1655
1661
40. The Irish Rebellion.
1683
1694
1641
1632
41. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.
1672
1689
1611
1664
42. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1622
1639
1644
1667
43. Fronde civil war in France.
1622
1662
1610
1648
44. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1644
1632
1688
1689
45. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1687
1620
1666
1620
46. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1648
1692
1665
1689
47. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1674
1645
1670
1688
48. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.
1700
1618
1667
1683
49. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1689
1623
1630
1683
50. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1644
1674
1672
1634