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17th Century Timeline

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1. 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.






2. Sultan Mehmed IV - advised by Kara Mustafa - decides to disregard the existing peace treaty with Leopold I - due to expire in 1684.






3. Mount Vesuvius erupts






4. The Defenestration of Prague






5. Russia supplants Sweden as the dominant Baltic power after the Great Northern War.






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






7. Assassination of Stephen Bocskay of Transylvania.






8. The last remaining Moriscos (Moors who had nominally converted to Christianity) in Spain are expelled.






9. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Bahia in Brazil.






10. The Great Turkish War halts the Ottoman Empire's expansion into Europe.






11. Torture is outlawed in England.






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






13. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague






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






15. Polish-Ottoman War.






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17. Lithuanian Civil War






18. A Habsburg council of war is held in Vienna.






19. Taj Mahal building work started in Agra -India






20. The Siege of Derry.






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






22. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






23. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.






24. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.






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26. The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England - England becomes a constitutional monarchy.






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






28. The Brownist Pilgrims arrive in the Mayflower at Cape Cod






29. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






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






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






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






33. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.






34. Cardinal Richelieu lays siege to Protestant La Rochelle which eventually capitulates.






35. The Great Plague of Seville.






36. Famine in France kills 2 million.






37. Gunpowder Plot failed in England.






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






39. Mary II of England dies






40. John Evelyn's forestry book - Sylva - is published in England.






41. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.






42. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.






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






44. Battle of N






45. The reign of the Kangxi Emperor of China begins.






46. Naval Battle of the Downs






47. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.






48. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).






49. Battle of N






50. The Ottomans make camp at Adrianople.