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17th Century Timeline
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1. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1647
1640
1623
1670
2. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1618
1695
1668
1665
3. Ren
1689
1648
1641
1613
4. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1672
1633
1699
1637
5. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1667
1629
1689
1668
6. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1627
1634
1631
1630
7. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1682
1663
1606
1636
8. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1687
1632
1658
1639
9. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1620
1674
1652
1689
10. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1648
1619
1683
1641
11. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1624
1663
1648
1618
12. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1672
1687
1700
1688
13. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1672
1618
1667
1613
14. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1676
1662
1603
1680
15. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1696
1665
1683
1688
16. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1618
1636
1603
1692
17. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1674
1672
1619
1601
18. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1637
1689
1606
1618
19. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession
1699
1609
1645
1700
20. Jamestown massacre - Algonquian natives kill 347 English settlers outside Jamestown - Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population) and burn the Henricus settlement.
1672
1695
1664
1622
21. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1629
1605
1606
1667
22. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1699
1629
1606
1690
23. The Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas - the oldest existing university in Asia - established by the Dominican Order in Manila
1601
1623
1611
1622
24. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1634
1644
1644
1668
25. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1642
1607
1644
1629
26. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1609
1670
1616
1680
27. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1648
1644
1618
1660
28. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1699
1662
1622
1610
29. The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War.
1688
1648
1616
1682
30. Fronde civil war in France.
1642
1687
1648
1674
31. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1688
1700
1697
1689
32. The Siege of Derry.
1681
1688
1644
1658
33. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1606
1651
1636
1625
34. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1631
1609
1662
1663
35. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1688
1683
1661
1694
36. Famine in France kills 2 million.
1603
1644
1620
1692
37. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1609
1693
1651
1665
38. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1672
1625
1639
1652
39. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1609
1674
1660
1620
40. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1640
1648
1606
1689
41. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1641
1688
1689
1663
42. Aurochs go extinct.
1616
1627
1634
1644
43. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1639
1663
1622
1631
44. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1610
1625
1663
1672
45. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1690
1608
1648
46. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1672
1665
1681
1680
47. Maratha Empire founded inIndia by Shivaji.
1674
1642
1682
1700
48. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1664
1700
1661
1606
49. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1620
1687
1607
1633
50. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.
1609
1644
1623
1664