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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.
1694
1652
1624
1664
2. The Karposh rebellion is crushed in present-day Republic of Macedonia - Skopje is retaken by the Ottoman Turks. Karposh is killed - and the rebels are defeated. Giles Cory was pressed to death during the Salem witch trials in the 1690s
1664
1620
1661
1689
3. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1664
1662
1682
1655
4. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1667
1618
1683
1607
5. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1647
1696
1621
1672
6. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1640
1620
1688
1605
7. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1676
1678
1648
1699
8. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1663
1641
1605
1689
9. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1626
1676
1639
1660
10. Aurochs go extinct.
1696
1603
1627
1683
11. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1676
1605
1632
12. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1672
1639
1618
13. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1694
1688
1626
1644
14. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1633
1649
1693
1674
15. William ascends to the throne over England - Scotland - and Ireland.
1689
1665
1700
1670
16. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1618
1626
1623
1685
17. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1611
1683
1681
1618
18. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1621
1616
1648
1639
19. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1682
1613
1647
1621
20. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1606
1636
1652
1665
21. Abbas I - the Safavids king - died.
1700
1629
1642
1663
22. Ren
1667
1648
1610
1641
23. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1672
1634
1689
1676
24. The Russian famine of 1601
1601
1682
1636
1634
25. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1667
1683
1668
1605
26. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1639
1624
1665
1667
27. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1618
1683
1601
1613
28. Lithuanian Civil War
1603
1630
1644
1700
29. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1664
1601
1683
1661
30. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.
1696
1605
1682
1682
31. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1683
1683
1634
1609
32. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1620
1680
1681
1658
33. The Ottomans capture Crete.
1669
1688
1618
1645
34. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1665
1623
1688
35. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1655
1667
1623
1692
36. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1607
1625
1696
37. Polish-Ottoman War.
1649
1672
1687
1685
38. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1603
1626
1664
1639
39. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1601
1608
1667
1636
40. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1620
1662
1626
1676
41. The Tokugawa Shogunate institutes Sakoku- foreigners are expelled and no one is allowed to enter or leave Japan.
1661
1641
1601
1693
42. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1606
1676
1663
1640
43. Fronde civil war in France.
1637
1636
1648
1663
44. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1663
1661
1610
1652
45. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1672
1644
1667
1633
46. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1623
1640
1623
1645
47. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1620
1603
1672
1609
48. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1624
1693
1688
1695
49. 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.
1606
1697
1668
1642
50. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1651
1644
1652
1682