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17th Century Timeline
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1. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1660
1658
1666
1606
2. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1632
1616
1652
1640
3. The Battle of Chocim - Poles and Cossacks under Jan Karol Chodkiewicz defeat the Ottomans.
1688
1633
1621
1641
4. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1688
1619
1606
1660
5. The Siege of Derry.
1688
1624
1689
1699
6. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1676
1626
1664
1616
7. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1689
1700
1636
8. TheFirst Anglo-Dutch War begins.
1683
1644
1652
1665
9. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1649
1608
1700
1660
10. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1682
1667
1624
1651
11. Polish
1669
1683
1610
1613
12. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1699
1606
1687
1613
13. Mehmed K
1661
1607
1683
1610
14. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1688
1681
1648
1689
15. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1690
1610
1613
1636
16. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1648
1625
1636
1618
17. The Peace of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War and marks the ends of Spain and the Holy Roman Empire as major European powers.
1648
1695
1681
1692
18. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1616
1680
1663
1682
19. Shimabara Rebellion of Japanese Christians - ronin and peasants against Edo.
1601
1683
1637
1682
20. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1670
1647
1640
1613
21. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1662
1672
1636
1648
22. Mehmed K
1661
1645
1639
1663
23. The Great Plague of Seville.
1647
1618
1682
1631
24. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1639
1654
1618
1639
25. Mehmed K
1654
1682
1641
1663
26. China conquers the Kingdom of Tungning and annexes Taiwan.
1676
1683
1636
1603
27. British troops capture New Amsterdam and rename it New York.
1688
1664
1605
1640
28. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1644
1609
1648
1674
29. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1624
1665
1622
1648
30. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1682
1664
1699
1693
31. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1607
1606
1633
1652
32. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1682
1692
1644
1644
33. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1636
1674
1609
1681
34. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
1700
1616
1683
1690
35. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1616
1624
1601
1676
36. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1648
1672
1661
1682
37. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1634
1682
1606
1688
38. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1644
1645
1700
39. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.
1606
1655
1700
1620
40. The Second Anglo-Dutch War fought between England and the United Provinces.
1606
1689
1665
1693
41. The Irish Rebellion.
1674
1622
1641
1673
42. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1606
1688
1685
1687
43. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1683
1663
1655
1674
44. Franco-Dutch War.
1687
1674
1670
1672
45. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1607
1688
1700
1609
46. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1665
1700
1647
1682
47. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1626
1700
1601
1601
48. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1672
1605
1606
1639
49. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1618
1663
1668
1674
50. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1692
1602
1674
1601