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17th Century Timeline

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






2. After his father Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal - his son Aurangzeb deposes him as ruler of the Mughal Empire.






3. John Locke publishes his first 'Letter Concerning Toleration'.






4. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.






5. Jamestown - Virginia - is settled as what would become the first permanent English colony in North America.






6. The Deluge wars leave Polish






7. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






8. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.






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






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






13. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






14. The Bank of England is established.






15. Louis XIV accepts the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou - triggering the War of the Spanish Succession






16. Mount Vesuvius erupts






17. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.






18. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.






19. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






20. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.






21. The Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.






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






23. 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.






24. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.






25. Rampjaar in the Netherlands






26. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar






27. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.






28. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.






29. Aurochs go extinct.






30. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.






31. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.






32. The Great Plague of London.






33. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






34. The Bank of England is established.






35. The Mughal Empire nearly bans the EastIndia Company in response to pirate Henry Every's capture of the Ganj-i-Sawai






36. The Northern Wars cement Sweden's rise as a Great Power.






37. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.






38. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






39. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.






40. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.






41. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.






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






43. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.






44. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.






45. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France






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






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






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






49. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.






50. The 1700 Cascadia earthquake (magnitude 9) occurs off the coast of the Pacific Northwest; Japan is struck by a tsunami.