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17th Century Timeline
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1. Thomas Savery demonstrates his first steam engine to the Royal Society.
1688
1689
1699
1648
2. After modernizing his army - Abbas I expands the Persian Empire by capturing territory from the Ottomans and the Portuguese.
1620
1603
1607
1633
3. Rampjaar in the Netherlands
1645
1700
1672
1690
4. King Charles was compelled to summon Parliament due to the revolt of the Scots.
1688
1651
1666
1640
5. The Commonwealth of England ends and the monarchy is brought back during the English Restoration.
1700
1660
1689
1625
6. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1607
1672
1665
1688
7. The Great Plague of Seville.
1610
1634
1645
1647
8. Battle of N
1641
1640
1634
1674
9. Mary II of England dies
1630
1681
1694
1627
10. Lithuanian Civil War
1663
1674
1672
1700
11. The death of Miyamoto Musashi - legendary Japanese Samurai warrior - of natural causes.
1645
1700
1673
1689
12. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1672
1664
1606
1688
13. Dutch EastIndia Company founded. Its success contributes to the Dutch Golden Age.
1609
1602
1610
1681
14. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1658
1672
1634
1627
15. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1662
1672
1700
1602
16. The Great Plague of London.
1636
1689
1665
1624
17. 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.'
1685
1647
1699
1673
18. English poet and playwright William Shakespeare dies.
1660
1664
1651
1616
19. France takes full political and military control over its colonial possessions in New France.
1695
1673
1696
1663
20. Lynching of Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis de Witt in the Hague
1672
1663
1667
1670
21. Flight of the Earls (the fleeing of most of the native Gaelic aristocracy) occurs from County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland.
1601
1658
1607
1665
22. The fortresses of Veszpr
1655
1605
1641
1700
23. 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.'
1673
1696
1672
1689
24. The Battle of Vienna finishes the Ottoman Empire's hegemony in south-eastern Europe.
1683
1687
1602
1666
25. The Dutch WestIndia Company invades the Portuguese colony of Pernambuco and founds Dutch Brazil.
1688
1636
1630
1603
26. Emperor Fasilides expels the Catholic Patriarch Afonso Mendes and several Jesuit missionaries from Ethiopia.
1618
1688
1639
1634
27. Jacques Aymar-Vernay - who later reintroduced Dowsing into popular use in Europe - is born.
1634
1662
1639
1689
28. Edict of Fontainebleau outlaws Protestantism in France. King Charles II dies
1640
1676
1685
1610
29. The Russian famine of 1601
1640
1601
1622
1663
30. The Pueblo Revolt drives the Spanish out of New Mexico until 1692.
1680
1639
1622
1665
31. Famine in Finland wipes out almost a third of the population.
1688
1689
1696
1688
32. Torture is outlawed in England.
1640
1673
1641
1629
33. The Long War between the Ottoman Empire and Austria is ended with the Peace of Zsitvatorok - Austria abandons Transylvania.
1622
1689
1672
1606
34. Ottoman campaign to help the Ukrainian Cossacks. John Sobieski defeats the Ottomans at the second battle of Khotyn (1673).
1625
1672
1660
1651
35. Maximilian of Bavaria establishes the Catholic League.
1609
1613
1647
1608
36. Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman achieves the first recorded European sighting of New Zealand.
1644
1642
1648
1648
37. The Manchu conquer China ending the Ming Dynasty. The subsequent Qing Dynasty rules until 1912.
1693
1652
1683
1644
38. Mehmed K
1605
1664
1661
1606
39. Russia and the Ottoman Empire commence the Russo-Turkish Wars.
1676
1692
1601
1648
40. Disagreements between the Farnese and Barberini Pope Urban VIII escalate into the Wars of Castro and last until 1649.
1678
1639
1605
1619
41. The Time of Troubles in Russia ends with the establishment of the House of Romanov which rules until 1917.
1613
1682
1652
1645
42. The Ottomans capture Crete from the Venetians after the Siege of Candia.
1648
1645
1688
1674
43. Siamese revolution of 1688 ousted French influence and virtually severed all ties with the West until the 19th century.
1681
1645
1694
1688
44. Naval Battle of the Downs
1662
1660
1700
1639
45. 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.
1618
1683
1633
1648
46. Franco-Dutch War.
1672
1681
1606
1660
47. Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain in New France (present-day Canada).
1608
1663
1642
1636
48. Harvard University is founded in Cambridge - Massachusetts.
1633
1605
1636
1700
49. The Treaty of Zurawno brings Polish-Ottoman hostilities to a halt.
1676
1624
1700
1601
50. Emperor Ferdinand II defeats the Bohemian rebels in the Battle of White Mountain.
1607
1672
1620
1669