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17th Century Timeline
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1. Lithuanian Civil War
1624
1661
1696
1700
2. Naval Battle of the Downs
1611
1639
1667
1616
3. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1661
1602
1648
1660
4. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1662
1645
1609
1674
5. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1673
1690
1682
1683
6. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1700
1610
1647
1620
7. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1700
1611
1632
8. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1672
1620
1692
1658
9. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1660
1690
1681
1633
10. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1661
1603
1630
1694
11. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1640
1637
1683
1616
12. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1642
1662
1665
1641
13. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1641
1622
1609
1664
14. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1655
1603
1626
1601
15. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1606
1645
1669
1613
16. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.
1629
1658
1633
1673
17. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1603
1663
1620
1696
18. The Defenestration of Prague
1688
1601
1629
1618
19. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1606
1602
1700
1639
20. The Hudson's Bay Company is founded in Canada.
1603
1626
1655
1670
21. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1683
1613
1699
1623
22. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1602
1669
1607
1629
23. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1693
1625
1697
1632
24. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1699
1699
1670
1663
25. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1665
1700
1662
1661
26. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1676
1616
1655
1688
27. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1692
1636
1606
1688
28. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1610
1681
1636
1672
29. Mehmed K
1654
1623
1672
1642
30. The Irish Rebellion.
1632
1641
1602
1648
31. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1648
1618
1668
1664
32. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1665
1640
1683
1624
33. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1685
1644
1627
1634
34. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1652
1648
1620
1700
35. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1652
1623
1667
1609
36. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1641
1602
1620
37. Capture of Ormuz; The island of Hormuz was captured by an Anglo-Persian force from Portuguese.
1639
1624
1683
1622
38. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1672
1629
1611
1700
39. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1644
1601
1641
1641
40. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1672
1687
1647
1688
41. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1667
1655
1623
1618
42. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1603
1616
1667
1663
43. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1689
1664
1618
1607
44. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.
1607
1678
1672
1603
45. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1621
1633
1688
1664
46. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1700
1603
1673
1700
47. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1663
1696
1609
48. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1676
1651
1641
1700
49. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1672
1648
1644
1606
50. The Irish Rebellion.
1683
1641
1687
1678