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17th Century Timeline

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1. Polish-Ottoman War over Moldavia.






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






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






4. Battle of L






5. The Ottomans capture Crete.






6. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.






7. The Ottomans capture Crete.






8. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.






9. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






10. Tokugawa Ieyasu seizes control of Japan and establishes the Tokugawa Shogunate - beginning the Edo period that lasts until 1869.






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






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






13. Emperor Fasilides founds the city of Gondar - which becomes the capital of Ethiopia for the next two centuries.






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






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






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






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






18. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.






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






20. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.






21. Mount Vesuvius erupts






22. Naval Battle of the Downs






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






24. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'






25. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.






26. Franco-Dutch War.






27. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies






28. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






29. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.






30. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.






31. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.






32. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.






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






34. The Irish Rebellion.






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






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






37. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






38. The Battle of Killiecrankie is fought between Jacobite and Williamite forces in Highland Perthshire






39. Battle of L






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






41. The Bank of England is established.






42. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






43. The fortresses of Veszpr






44. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






45. Ren






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






47. Polish






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






49. Lithuanian Civil War






50. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.







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