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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1682
1606
1663
1616
2. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1624
1636
1644
1682
3. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1605
1629
1636
1648
4. Franco-Dutch War.
1627
1669
1688
1672
5. Polish-Ottoman War.
1639
1674
1672
1606
6. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1699
1693
1608
1603
7. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1648
1661
1616
1601
8. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.
1700
1663
1674
1685
9. The Siege of Derry.
1623
1688
1665
1613
10. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1610
1601
1641
1663
11. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1642
1697
1606
1664
12. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War.
1673
1644
1667
1607
13. Cardinal Richelieu allies with Swedish Protestant forces in the Thirty Years' War to counter Ferdinand II's expansion.
1610
1697
1676
1629
14. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1689
1649
1692
1689
15. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1682
1672
1649
1681
16. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1672
1644
1668
1667
17. The War of the Two Kings in Ireland.
1639
1688
1601
1662
18. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1699
1689
1688
1603
19. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1620
1644
1610
1651
20. La Salle explores the length of the Mississippi River and claims Louisiana for France.
1610
1667
1616
1682
21. The Defenestration of Prague
1641
1688
1689
1618
22. Franco-Dutch War.
1601
1689
1624
1672
23. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1620
1661
1605
1670
24. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1636
1688
1676
1668
25. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai
1648
1624
1603
1695
26. Aurochs go extinct.
1620
1623
1627
1651
27. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1682
1680
1622
1644
28. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1645
1609
1667
1601
29. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1683
1602
1631
1697
30. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1605
1606
1696
1682
31. 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
1693
1636
1601
1697
32. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1685
1667
1629
1662
33. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1639
1610
1626
34. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1639
1670
1644
1641
35. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1644
1665
1664
1624
36. Kara Mustafa becomes Grand Vizier.
1676
1608
1652
1632
37. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1606
1652
1601
1678
38. Polish-Ottoman War.
1661
1672
1685
1699
39. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1699
1685
1660
1636
40. 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
1606
1700
1669
41. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1639
1613
1688
1692
42. Battle of L
1694
1688
1699
1632
43. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1661
1619
1606
1631
44. Cape Town founded by the Dutch EastIndia Company in South Africa.
1672
1688
1682
1652
45. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1626
1636
1662
46. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India
1632
1607
1700
1652
47. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1666
1616
1700
48. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1608
1603
1640
1699
49. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.
1620
1601
1639
1607
50. Torture is outlawed in England.
1642
1699
1601
1640