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17th Century Timeline
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1. Peace Treaty of Lisbon between Spain and Portugal recognizes Portugal as independent country.
1634
1667
1668
1682
2. The Deluge wars leave Polish
1700
1642
1665
1648
3. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1602
1648
1665
1689
4. Ottoman war against Habsburg Hungary.
1616
1663
1627
1641
5. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1692
1689
1630
1622
6. Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before theInquisition.
1633
1661
1616
1683
7. Battle of N
1674
1621
1634
1676
8. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1648
1640
1616
1626
9. The War of Devolution; France invades the Netherlands. The Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668) brings this to a halt.
1624
1667
1631
1607
10. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1688
1616
1613
1648
11. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1626
1636
1622
1608
12. The Raid on the Medway during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1613
1676
1667
1689
13. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1697
1631
1662
1606
14. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1634
1627
1639
1676
15. Mary II of England dies
1697
1620
1694
1676
16. New Amsterdam founded by the Dutch WestIndia Company in North America.
1625
1666
1667
1606
17. Seven-year-old Mehmed IV becomes sultan.
1647
1616
1637
1689
18. Ren
1641
1689
1666
1688
19. The Treaty of Karlowitz ends the Great Turkish War.
1616
1613
1620
1699
20. Koxinga captures Taiwan from the Dutch and founds the Kingdom of Tungning which rules until 1683.
1662
1700
1629
1695
21. Battle of L
1647
1667
1632
1654
22. The Treaty of Nerchinsk established a border between Russia and China.
1645
1689
1605
1633
23. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1665
1694
1603
24. Treaty of Vienna ends anti-Habsburg uprising in Royal Hungary.
1618
1652
1606
1636
25. The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg - Virginia by a royal charter.
1693
1652
1662
1669
26. The Great Plague of London.
1611
1661
1648
1665
27. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1665
1627
1616
28. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.
1639
1605
1661
1648
29. The Pasha of Buda supports Imre Th
1642
1603
1681
1632
30. Polish-Ottoman War.
1672
1606
1609
1618
31. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1687
1651
1664
32. Giovanni Battista Pamphili is elected PopeInnocent X at the Papal conclave of 1644.
1667
1672
1672
1644
33. The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth army defeats combined Russian- Swedish forces at the Battle of Klushino and conquers Moscow.
1610
1670
1683
1620
34. Death of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu
1606
1610
1608
1616
35. Bethlen Gabor allies with the Ottomans and an invasion of Moldavia takes place. The Polish suffer a disaster at Cecora on the River Prut.
1644
1688
1609
1620
36. St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican completed.
1652
1641
1664
1626
37. Japan transforms into 'locked country'.
1606
1652
1633
1632
38. Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1640
1687
1683
1672
39. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.
1665
1624
1689
1682
40. The Treaty of Nijmegen ends the hostilities with France
1700
1688
1678
1688
41. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.
1667
1616
1669
1618
42. Bethlen Gabor - Prince of Transylvania joins Protestant Rebels.
1618
1632
1605
1607
43. Ottoman war with Venice. The Ottomans invade Crete and capture Canea.
1606
1645
1663
1652
44. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1660
1688
1652
1685
45. The Manchus start invading China. Their conquest eventually topples the Ming Dynasty.
1692
1605
1618
1658
46. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1695
1676
1700
1683
47. Wars of the Three Kingdoms - civil wars throughout Scotland - Ireland - and England.
1625
1682
1688
1639
48. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1619
1700
1611
1602
49. The Bohemian Revolt precipitates the Thirty Years' War which devastates Europe in the years 1618
1618
1644
1661
1609
50. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1640
1655
1672
1632