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17th Century Timeline
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1. Salem witch trials in Massachusetts.
1692
1624
1605
1663
2. The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
1649
1694
1647
1620
3. 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
1661
1672
1642
4. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope - using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings - raindrops - and his own feces. He calls them 'animalcules.'
1681
1618
1673
1606
5. English Civil War ends with the Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester.
1622
1651
1688
1601
6. Portugal defeats the Kongo Empire at the Battle of Mbwila.
1672
1626
1678
1665
7. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1616
1667
1687
1618
8. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1621
1631
1689
1633
9. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1697
1618
1660
1622
10. Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland - uniting the crowns of Scotland and England.
1616
1700
1603
1669
11. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod
1620
1696
1627
1644
12. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1689
1629
1645
1616
13. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.
1619
1682
1627
1688
14. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1634
1683
1609
15. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1641
1625
1630
1661
16. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1700
1672
1666
1610
17. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1676
1667
1632
1692
18. The Treaty of Westminster ends the war between England and the Republic of the United Provinces.
1674
1663
1651
1655
19. Ren
1603
1665
1642
1641
20. Pedro de Peralta - governor of New Mexico - establishes the settlement of Santa Fe.
1621
1666
1618
1610
21. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.
1700
1689
1644
1676
22. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1676
1668
1658
23. As chief minister - Cardinal Richelieu centralises power in France.
1631
1624
1682
1700
24. Battle of Kinsale - one of the most important battles in Irish history - fought.
1700
1601
1640
1608
25. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1672
1673
1642
1613
26. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1700
1639
1689
1640
27. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1661
1631
1637
1694
28. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1700
1624
1647
1607
29. Peter the Great becomes joint ruler of Russia (sole tsar in 1696).
1689
1618
1610
1682
30. The Battle of St. Gotthard - Count Raimondo Montecuccoli defeats the Ottomans. The Peace of Vasvar
1689
1613
1664
1606
31. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.
1644
1627
1641
1639
32. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1616
1700
1660
1683
33. Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
1682
1663
1700
1694
34. Time of Troubles - Vasili IV becomes Tzar of Russia.
1606
1644
1616
1672
35. The Netherlands and Spain agree to a Twelve Years' Truce in the Eighty Years' War.
1669
1627
1694
1609
36. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1652
1640
1654
1655
37. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1667
1694
1662
1633
38. The Portuguese Restoration War led to the end of the Iberian Union.
1683
1606
1640
1633
39. The earliest known first-class cricket match took place in Sussex.
1610
1676
1697
1666
40. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1618
1692
1676
1662
41. Maffeo Barberini is elected Pope Urban VIII at the Papal conclave of 1623.
1639
1645
1623
1610
42. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1606
1641
1602
43. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1610
1676
1627
1609
44. Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge founded.
1688
1699
1660
1642
45. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1620
1678
1632
1645
46. Naval Battle of the Downs
1639
1642
1620
1672
47. Polish-Ottoman War.
1610
1682
1672
1689
48. Mount Vesuvius erupts
1606
1609
1631
1626
49. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1687
1633
1630
1624
50. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1667
1608
1665
1606